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Zimly S3 Backup

Synchronise your media and documents to any S3 compatible storage.

  • Completely free
  • Android
  • Open source

Overview

Features described in its F-Droid listing: self-hosting on your own server.

Services and protocols mentioned: S3.

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
  • “Zimly is an eye-catching, open-source app designed for synchronizing your local media and documents with any S3-compatible storage solution — whether self-hosted using platforms like Minio or cloud-based like AWS S3.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Zimly S3 Backup is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-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 advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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