open source

Syncany is an open-source cloud storage and filesharing application. It allows users to backup and share certain folders of their workstations using any kind of storage, e.g. FTP, Amazon S3 or Google Storage.

While the basic idea is similar to Dropbox and JungleDisk, Syncany is open-source and additionally provides data encryption and more flexibility in terms of storage type and provider: Data encryption: Syncany encrypts the files locally, so that any online storage can be used even for sensitive data. Arbitrary storage: Syncany uses a plug-in based storage system. It can be used with any type of remote storage.

Even though Syncany is still under heavy development, it already supports a wide variety of different storage types: Local Folder: uses any local folder as storage. This could be any mounted device, network file systems (NFS), or any virtual file system based on FUSE. FTP: uses an FTP folder as remote repository.