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Rsync Alternatives
Similar projects and alternatives to rsync
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rclone
"rsync for cloud storage" - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Yandex Files
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SaaSHub
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awesome-selfhosted
A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers
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Nginx Proxy Manager
Docker container for managing Nginx proxy hosts with a simple, powerful interface
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Grafana
The open and composable observability and data visualization platform. Visualize metrics, logs, and traces from multiple sources like Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, Postgres and many more.
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Git
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.
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kitty
If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based.
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timeshift
System restore tool for Linux. Creates filesystem snapshots using rsync+hardlinks, or BTRFS snapshots. Supports scheduled snapshots, multiple backup levels, and exclude filters. Snapshots can be restored while system is running or from Live CD/USB. (by linuxmint)
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NOTE:
The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better rsync alternative or higher similarity.
rsync discussion
rsync reviews and mentions
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We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2026-06-05.
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Did Claude Increase Bugs in Rsync?
> If I see code like the one above posted by the OP, that the author wouldn't have written, I start to pay attention.
Except the author did write it. https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/issues/959#issuecommen...
Which is part of the problem with all of this nonsense right now - everyone is running off of emotion and not looking to see if what is being said is actually true. Which is somewhat ironic, considering the message of the article.
- Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind
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Rsync and Outrage
But this one can: https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/issues/905 was caused by https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/commit/4fa7156ccdb2ad3... and I find it pretty absurd.
I don’t think AI assisted code is bad, but I really question tridge’s approach here. His post in response to to the dogpiling isn’t good (https://medium.com/@tridge60/rsync-and-outrage-d9849599e5a0). I appreciate his sense of duty to maintain rsync, but I get the very strong vibe from his response that he really doesn’t want to do this anymore and the use of AI is a way to make it easier on himself. He goes through some pretty lame arguments (aren’t humans just stochastic parrots‽ We don’t know!) and confesses he’d much rather stay retired and be sailing most of the time.
- Remove all LLM generated commits before people get hurt by this nonsense
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Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software – Rsync
The maintainer answer: https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/issues/929#issuecommen...
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Openrsync: A BSD-licensed implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team
Ubuntu's rsync is samba rsync. It's not part of the samba project per se, but it is made by the same guy and the official url is https://rsync.samba.org/ so it's entirely fair to call it samba rsync in my opinion.
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Rsync 3.4.3 had Claude commits
If you want to go down that semantic route, then being an open source maintainer clearly isn't a profession, as it requires neither specialized training nor qualifications!
In terms of abuse, I was thinking of this issue thread: https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/issues/929
- 4x faster network file sync with rclone (vs rsync) (2025)
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CDC File Transfer
Please bear in mind that there are [now] two distinct rsync codebases.
The original is the GPL variant [today displaying "Upgrade required"]:
https://rsync.samba.org/
The second is the BSD clone:
https://www.openrsync.org/
The BSD version would be used on platforms that are intolerant of later versions of the GPL (Apple, Android, etc.).
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Restic vs Rclone vs Rsync: Choosing the Right Tool for Backups
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RsyncProject/rsync is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 or later which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of rsync is C.
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