Open-source software for syncing and backing up files across Windows, macOS, and Linux by transferring only essential data.
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- Freemium
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
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- Chocolatey
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Robocopy Alternatives for Linux
Robocopy is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is FreeFileSync, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Robocopy and 15 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Robocopy are Rclone, rsync, Unison File Synchronizer and Ultracopier.
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114 FreeFileSync alternatives
99 Rclone alternativesVersatile command-line utility for syncing, copying, and verifying files across local disks and multiple cloud storage providers. Features include hash-based integrity checks, timestamp preservation, compression, encryption, and mounting storage as drives for backup and transfer tasks.
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- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Oracle Solaris
- FreeBSD
- NetBSD
- OpenBSD
137 rsync alternativesUtility for Unix file and directory synchronization using delta encoding for efficient transfer, supports compression, incremental backup, remote operation via SSH, customizable filters, permission and timestamp preservation, and daemon mode on TCP 873.
54 Unison File Synchronizer alternativesUnison is a file-synchronization tool for POSIX-compliant systems (e.g. *BSD and GNU/Linux), macOS and Windows, with the caveat that the platform must be supported by OCaml. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or diffe.
31 Ultracopier alternativesUltracopier replaces Windows explorer file copy and adds many features: Transfer resuming, transfer speed control, transfer speed computation, better transfer progress display, faster transfers, copy list editable while transferring.
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12 CopyMastro alternativesCopyMastro is an open source copy and backup utility developed by Marco Mastroddi. You don't need to install, just download, unzip and start it. Simple, fast and useful.
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29 SuperCopier alternativesSuperCopier replaces Windows explorer file copy and adds many features: Transfer resuming, transfer speed control, transfer speed computation, better transfer progress display, faster transfers, copy list editable while transferring.
49 Rclone GUI alternativesA GUI for Rclone, with additional features including batch file generation, auto cloud setup, and saved file/folder paths.
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VRangeSync is a freeware File synchronization for Unix/Linux and Microsoft Windows. It is a command-line utility which copy and move data from one location to another on a storage device. It is a data migration, cloner, file replication and synchronization software.
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- Free Personal
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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27 NIS One-Click-Backup alternativesOne-Click-Backup saves (copies) your folders to an external location of your choice. You can select the default folders in your home directory as well as add aditional folders.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
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Included by default in most linux distros