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Syncless

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Syncless - An open-source and free synchronization tool so seamless youll forget about it

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application type

Country of Origin

  • International

Platforms

  • Windows
Discontinued

This project seems to be dead, last Commit was on 22nd May 2010 as seen at: https://code.google.com/archive/p/big5sync/source/default/commits .

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Features

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  1.  Portable
  2.  File Sync
  3.  Tagging
  4.  Folder Mirroring

 Tags

  • vss-not
  • sync-3folders

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Syncless information

  • Developed by

    BIG5
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Alternatives

    40 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Category

Backup & Sync

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Syncless was added to AlternativeTo by nefycee on Apr 25, 2010 and this page was last updated Jul 16, 2025.

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Top Positive Comment
GG-Zeus
Feb 12, 2013
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Just an fyi: this is the only open-source program I found in the backup/sync alternatives that supports continuous synchronization. Everything else I see is manual and/or scheduled. It works perfectly for my purposes, though others may have more complex needs than this utility addresses.

What is Syncless?

Syncless - An open-source and free synchronization tool so seamless youll forget about it What makes Syncless so unique is the way synchronization is performed. The current paradigm in the way file synchronization is done is to create a job by setting folder pairs and then start synchronizing. Syncless does away with this completely by introducing the concept of folder tagging. No VSS (Volume Shadow Support): cannot sync open files.

The concept of tagging has been applied by notable applications in various interesting ways. Facebook allows users to tag people into photos and almost all blog engines allows users to tag posts as a form of categorization. The main reason behind the increased use of tagging is because tagging is a very natural thought process that everyone does when trying to associate words or concepts with the unfamiliar.

By applying this simple and natural idea to file synchronization, users will be able to synchronize folders by simply tagging different folders with the same tag, resulting in a near seamless experience in synchronization. A group of folders with the same tag will always be kept in sync automatically in real-time by Syncless, without any need for user intervention.