Syncany was an open-source cloud storage and filesharing application. It was a fun project I worked on for many months and years. I am sad it never made it to a beta or release. Thank you for countless hours of fun, Syncany!
This site is preserved in memory of the project (2011–2016). Downloads and services have been retired, but the source code lives on.
Syncany allowed users to securely backup and share certain folders of their computers using any kind of storage. Syncany was open-source and provided data encryption and incredible flexibility in terms of storage type and provider.
Backup your photo collection and share files with friends.
Don't worry about your privacy. Files are encrypted before uploading.
Use any kind of storage - (S)FTP, WebDAV, and many more!
Enough with the marketing. Here's how Syncany looks in the wild.
Tray menu always keeps you up to date - for all of your
sync folders.
Notifications let you know when other users have added,
changed or deleted files.
'New folder' wizard makes creating new repositories and connecting to existing ones
easy.
Multiple sync folders Syncany lets you sync any (get it?) folder, not just a
single one.
Any backend storage, without having to worry about your privacy. We encrypt before uploading.
Relevant settings are displayed depending on the storage backend.
Symmetric encryption of files before upload, with AES-128 and Twofish-128.
Share a repo among friends and colleagues via a syncany://-link.
Configure general settings in the 'Preferences' dialog.
Extend Syncany by installing storage plugins.
Use a proxy to connect to your repo behind a firewall.
Still no idea what we're talking about?
Check out the User Guide!
Syncany was distributed under the GPLv3 open source license. It was developed by Philipp C. Heckel and many others, roughly between 2011 and 2016. Thank you to everyone who contributed code, plugins, packages, translations, bug reports and encouragement.
Curious how it all worked? Check out the source code and all releases on GitHub, the Syncany wiki page with development docs and diagrams, the User Guide (preserved here), or watch the old screencasts on asciinema (init, connect, sync).