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rsync

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rsync is a software application for Unix which synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer using delta encoding when appropriate. An important feature of rsync not found in most similar programs/protocols is that the mirroring...

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  • FreeOpen Source

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Linux  Provided by distribution
  • BSD  Provided by distribution
  • Cygwin
  • Haiku
4.7 / 5 Avg rating (6)
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  1.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  File Sync
  2.  Command line interface
  3.  Schedule Backup
  4.  Folder Sync
  5.  No registration required
  6.  Cloud Sync
  7.  Encrypted Backup
  8.  Delta Backup
  9.  File by file encryption

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  • Developed by

    US flagWayne Davison
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.7
  • Alternatives

    130 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about rsync, and it has gotten 266 likes

rsync was added to AlternativeTo by TheLoneCabbage on Nov 1, 2009 and this page was last updated May 24, 2023.

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Top Positive Comment
zd2305340
Oct 3, 2020
2

I depend only on 2 tools to copy my files, Rsync on Linux and Gs Richcopy360 on windows. I think I will not need anything else in the future.

arsCynic ??
Mar 31, 2024
0

Powerful, fast, extensive and useful manual page.

INSIDE
Mar 16, 2019
0

Not long ago I tried to sync between two computers around 500GB of data. With default rsync -a "source" "dest" I realize that it's taking really too much of time. "Too much" mean - days. On VPSes with 10Gbit/s uplink and powerful processors. This is absolutely not okay.

Then, I tried to optimize it and found: https://gist.github.com/KartikTalwar/4393116 Yes, it improves speed dramatically, but not so good as it can be.

Yes, I start to reach around 20-30MB/s, but for 500GB of data, it's not okay. Then I tried to use a totally different tool (clone) and my speed goes up to 120MB and more (due to some limitations and cap from provider side, it was manually capped to 140-150MB).

Is rsync good? Yes. Is it fast? No. Is it saves time? Depends. Is it good for file transfer (many files and massive drives?) No. Is it good for backups? Dunno. Are there any faster alternatives? Yes, a lot of them.

0x00F
Mar 2, 2019
1

rsync is my favorite tool to transfer files between computers without having to spend a lot of time managing the process. It supports synchronization and is very configurable in order to be added to some scripts you might already be using.

What is rsync?

rsync is a software application for Unix which synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer using delta encoding when appropriate. An important feature of rsync not found in most similar programs/protocols is that the mirroring takes place with only one transmission in each direction. rsync can copy or display directory contents and copy files, optionally using compression and recursion.

In daemon mode, rsync listens on the default TCP port of 873, serving files in the native rsync protocol or via a remote shell such as RSH or SSH. In the latter case, the rsync client executable must be installed on both the local and the remote host.

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