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CLUSTER FILE-FILES-CROSS · 9 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2018-04-24

Cross-platform file sync tools

This cluster covers file synchronization and backup tools that copy or mirror files across computers, drives, and storage locations. The dated history is too thin to read a shape from—only 4 dated entries exist before the index, so the cluster predates the index or its members are undated. Traction is led by FileSyncTool with 4 stars, while other members have 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

APR 2018: 1APR 2025: 1SEP 2025: 1APR 2026: 1AUG 2026: 2SEP 2026: 3
APR 2018SEP 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 3 hand-coded · 5 unlabelled

Operator · 3 hobby · 5 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 9 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01FileSyncTool4★18 dayslivehobbyCross-platform file sync tool that copies files to USB drives while protecting the drive's write life.
  2. 02dotkeeper-bin0★1 moliveopen sourcePeer-to-peer file synchronization app that preserves version history and maintains automatic backups.
  3. 03File_Sync1★25 days—hobbyWindows desktop tool that maintains directory pairs and incrementally syncs new or changed files from input to output folders without deleting existing files.
  4. 04Syncthing-Fork0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceFile synchronization wrapper that provides an enhanced interface for Syncthing to sync files across devices with battery-saving options.
  5. 05friendly-file-sync-04cc8a6e0★1 moliveai-builtFile sync app that synchronizes files between devices and keeps folders up to date.
  6. 06ZakSync0★1 mo—hobbyWindows app that selectively syncs Proton Drive files and folders using exclusion rules.
  7. 07Unison0★4 molivehand-codedopen sourceCross-platform file synchronization tool that keeps two replicas of files and directories in sync across different hosts or disks.
  8. 08yarsync0★9 mostaleliveopen sourceFile synchronization and backup tool that mirrors files between computers and storage locations.
  9. 09wormhole0★unknownlivehand-codedopen sourceSecure file transfer tool that moves files, directories, or text between computers with one-time codes.

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