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File Sync & Storage

Syncing and sharing files across devices and teams.

7 products, 3 Projects: 3 open source, 0 source-available, 0 unresolved-license

Dropbox

Dropbox

File sync and sharing across devices and teams

CompanyDropbox
Since2008
PricingPaid

Dropbox made file sync boring in the best sense: a folder that is the same everywhere, with conflict handling that mostly does the right thing. Two decades on, the sync engine is still the part competitors struggle to match.

Immich

ImmichOpen

Self-hosted photo and video backup for your own server

Stars113.1K
Commit8h ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Immich replaces a cloud photo service with software that runs on hardware you own. Mobile apps for iOS and Android back up new photos and videos in the background, so the library on your server stays current without you thinking about it.

Alternative togoogle photosdropbox
Google Photos

Google Photos

Cloud photo library with automatic backup and search

CompanyGoogle
Since2015
PricingPaid

Google Photos backs up everything a phone takes and then makes it findable. Search understands objects, places, and people without any tagging, and the timeline handles libraries in the hundreds of thousands without stalling.

Syncthing

SyncthingOpen

Continuous file sync between your own devices only

Stars72.1K
Commit3d ago
LicenseMPL-2.0

Syncthing synchronises folders directly between devices with no server in the middle. There is no account, no storage quota, and no third party holding the data, because the data never leaves the set of machines you nominate.

Alternative todropbox
Google Drive

Google Drive

Storage and document collaboration inside Workspace

CompanyGoogle
Since2012
PricingPaid

Google Drive is storage with an office suite attached, and the suite is the reason most organisations are on it. Docs, Sheets, and Slides collaborate in real time well enough that the underlying file storage barely gets thought about.

Alternative todropbox
Apple Photos

Apple Photos

Photo library synced through iCloud across Apple devices

CompanyApple
Since2015
PricingPaid

Apple Photos does most of its analysis on the device rather than in the cloud, so face grouping and object search work without the library being readable by the vendor. Sync happens through iCloud, and the library is a first party part of the operating system rather than an app you install.

Alternative togoogle photos
Nextcloud

NextcloudOpen

File sync, sharing, and a suite of apps on your own server

Stars30.1K
Commit8h ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Nextcloud started as file sync and grew into a full collaboration suite: documents, calendar, contacts, chat, and an application ecosystem on top of the same account system.

Alternative todropboxnotion