Files & sync
Syncthing
Device-to-device sync with no server at all.
open source self-hostable Syncthing Foundation · SEKeeps folders identical across your machines directly, encrypted, with nothing in the middle.
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How you can run it
| Way | Where the data lives | Price basis | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host it myself | your own server or hardware | free | green — You run it yourself: no data leaves your own infrastructure. |
Facts
| Company / project | Syncthing Foundation (SE) |
|---|---|
| Licence | MPL-2.0 |
| Self-hosting footprint | 128 MB RAM · 0.25 vCPU · 1 GB — small deployment: a household or a team of up to ~20 people |
| Commonly replaces | Dropbox |
| Upstream (awesome-selfhosted-data) | 88,269 stars · updated 2026-08-24 · Go, Docker, deb |
| Provenance | curated, verified 2026-09-04 |
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