Alternatives to SyncToy for Linux with any license

FreeFileSync

FreeFileSync is a folder comparison and synchronization software that creates and manages backup copies of all your important files.
- Sadly was not stable- Crashed for me and never completed. Guest • Mar 2018 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
- awesome piece of software. Got all I need and even options I did not think of. Will donate to developers for sure after some time. Guest • Aug 2018
Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux openSUSE CentOS ... Ubuntu Debian
Cloud sync Configurable Directory sync File-sync ... File Versioning Folder Comparison Support for FTP Multiple languages Support for SFTP Add a feature

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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...

Free Open Source Linux BSD Cygwin Mac Haiku
Cloud sync Command line interface Delta Backup Encrypted backups ... File-sync Schedule Backup Add a feature

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IPFS

IPFS is a global, versioned, peer-to-peer filesystem. It combines good ideas from Git, BitTorrent, Kademlia, SFS, and the web. It is like a single bittorrent swarm...
- IPFS is not for file comparison on different folders. Guest • Jul 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Self-Hosted
Peer-To-Peer Decentralized Distributed Double Donut Chart Add a feature

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Unison

Unison is a file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or different...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Bidirectional sync 2 way sync File-sync Well documented Add a feature

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SyncBack

SyncBack is a tool to backup, synchronize, and restore data files. · Free: SyncBackFree (Windows) is a simple backup and restore solution at no cost. ·...
- Powerful, reliable, and easy to use, with excellent licencing options. alternativetosurfer • Jun 2018
- It's an FTP client, not a folder sync client. Guest • Sep 2018 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Android Android Tablet
Backup profiles File-sync Add a feature

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grsync

Grsync is a rsync gui, a graphical user interface for the rsync file synchronization and backup tool. It works on linux, solaris, windows, mac os x and maemo. It uses...
- Same functionality, clear choices and configuration, GUI for those who are command-line-challenged. Guest • Oct 2017
Free Open Source Windows Linux Xfce
No features added Add a feature

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Synkron

Synkron is an application for folder synchronisation and folder-backups that allows you to configure your synchronisations in detail. Despite having many features, the...
- Discontinued Last Update: 2014-10-11, see https://sourceforge.net/projects/synkron/
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com
Multiple languages Portable Add a feature

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DirSync Pro

DirSync Pro is a small, but powerful utility for file and folder synchronization. Java JRE 1.7 or above is needed to run DirSync Pro.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
File-sync Incremental backup Add a feature

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Bacula

Bacula is a set of Open Source, enterprise ready, computer programs that permit you (or the system administrator) to manage backup, recovery, and verification of...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux FreeBSD OpenBSD
No features added Add a feature

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Ind.ie Pulse

Pulse is a free (as in freedom), secure, and distributed file synchronisation engine in Go and Swift.
- Discontinued As announced at https://ind.ie/blog/focus/ , Pulse will no longer be supported, but you can still download it from the official website and use it.
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD OpenSolaris
Decentralized File-sync Works Offline Portable ... Selective synchronization Add a feature

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Syncovery

Back up your data and synchronize PCs, Macs, servers, notebooks, and online storage space. You can set up as many different jobs as you need and run them manually or...

Commercial Mac Windows Linux
Encrypted backups File-sync Schedule Backup Add a feature

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Qtd Sync

A graphical interface for the Rsync engine that will synchronise files between two computers either locally or over the internet. The beauty of Rsync is that it only...

Free Open Source Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

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JFileSync

JFileSync is a Java application used to synchronize directories of two different file systems. For instance, you want to synchronize a set of directories on your laptop...
- Best alternative IMO, functionality wise. You can setup profile to sync between 2 folders, you can preview what file to be synced, can exclude files. Guest • Nov 2018
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
File-sync Backup profiles File-sync Add a feature

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csync

csync is a lightweight utility to synchronize files between two directories on a system or between multiple systems. It synchronizes bidirectionally and allows the...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
File-sync Add a feature

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lsyncd

Lsyncd watches a local directory trees event monitor interface (inotify or fsevents). It aggregates and combines events for a few seconds and then spawns one (or more)...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

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