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Sync-in Desktop · Full-featured app for file sync and server access.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

desktop is a file synchronisation program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository: sync across devices, scripting and macros, scheduled tasks.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Sync-in Desktop · Full-featured app for file sync and server access” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Keep files synchronized across workstations, servers, and automated environments while using the same access rules, authentication flows, and collaboration model as Sync-in Server.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Sync-in Desktop is designed for daily workstation use, while the CLI fits automation, scripts, scheduled tasks, CI/CD pipelines, and headless deployments.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Sync-in Desktop is designed for daily workstation use, while the CLI fits automation, scripts, scheduled tasks, CI/CD pipelines, and headless deployments.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of desktop is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (AGPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub Sync-in/desktop (AGPL-3.0-only)

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