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FreeFileSync is a free Open Source software that helps you synchronize files and synchronize folders for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. It is designed to save your time setting up and running backup jobs while having nice visual feedback along the way.
It imposes no artificial limitations on how many files you can sync. Practically speaking, the only limiting factor for extremely large sync jobs is the amount of free memory available: For each 1 GB of RAM, This file synchronization software can synchronize roughly 1.7 million file pairs at a time.
Features of FreeFileSync To Synchronize Your Files
- Synchronize network shares and local disks.
- Synchronize MTP devices (Android, iPhone, tablet, digital camera).
- Synchronize via SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol).
- Detect moved and renamed files and folders.
- Show disk space usage with directory trees.
- Copy locked files (Volume Shadow Copy Service).
- Detect conflicts and propagate deletions.
- Compare files by content.
- Configure the handling of Symbolic Links.
- Automate sync as a batch job.
- Process multiple folder pairs.
- Comprehensive and detailed error reporting.
- Copy NTFS extended attributes (compressed, encrypted, sparse).
- Copy NTFS security permissions.
- Support long file paths with more than 260 characters.
- Fail-safe file copy prevents data corruption.
- Cross-platform: Runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X.
- Expand environment variables like %UserProfile%.
- Access variable drive letters by volume name (USB sticks).
- Manage versions of deleted/updated files.
- Prevent disc space bottlenecks via optimal sync sequence.
- Full Unicode support.
- Highly optimized run time performance.
- Include and exclude files via the filter.
- FreeFileSync portable and local installation available.
- Handle daylight saving time changes on FAT/FAT32.
- Use macros %time%, %date%, etal. for recurring backups.
- Case-sensitive synchronization.
- Built-in locking serializes multiple users synchronizing the same network folder.
- Option to move files to Recycle Bin instead of deleting/overwriting them.
- Automatically ignore directories “RECYCLER” and “System Volume Information” when comparing and syncing.
- The localized German version is available.
FileSync comparison with GoodSync:
| Features | FreeFileSync | GoodSync |
| Audit Trail | Yes | Yes |
| Backup and Recovery | Yes | Yes |
| Real-Time Synchronization | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Synchronization | No | Yes |
| Synchronization Scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Two-Way Synchronization | Yes | Yes |
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Official Video Intro FreeFileSync Software
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- Syncthing
- rsync
- Rclone
- GoodSync
- Restic
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FreeFileSync Software Overview
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Technical Specification
| Version | 11.14 |
| File Size | 17.9 MB |
| Languages | English |
| License | Open Source |
| Developer | Zenju |
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