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Grsync: Home

What?

Brief: Grsync is used to synchronize folders, files and make backups.
Detailed: Grsync is a rsync GUI (Graphical User Interface). Rsync is the well-known and powerful command line directory and file synchronization tool. Grsync makes use of the GTK libraries and is released under the GPL license, so it is opensource. It doesn't need the gnome libraries to run, but can of course run under gnome pretty fine. It can be effectively used to synchronize local directories and it supports remote targets as well (even though it doesn't support browsing the remote folder). Sample uses of grsync include: synchronize a music collection with removable devices, backup personal files to a networked drive, replication of a partition to another one, mirroring of files, etc.
See features, resources, screenshot and online backup sections for more information.

How?

Brief: Grsync is available on some linux flavors like Ubuntu (see their respective application managers), Windows and Mac OS X
Detailed: Only sources are directly available in this home page; they can be compiled on various flavors of unix, like linux and freebsd, having gtk and autotools, but it has been compiled under windows as well and there is a Macintosh OS X port available. Some ready-made packages for linux distributions have been made by third parties, so if you want to run grsync, check your standard package tool first; if you want to compile it yourself or want to see other sources of precompiled packages, see below under the download section. You need the rsync command line tool installed in your system in order to make something useful with this rsync frontend, but don't worry because most distributions come with it preinstalled.

News

2010-05-05: New version 1.1.1
This one is mainly a bugfix version. Main changes are: Removed automatic addition of a trailing slash to source and destination directories, updated new functionalities of 1.1.0 for Maemo, added "Rsync command line" menu item + more.
2010-03-29: New Version 1.1.0
A new version, 1.1.0, can now be downloaded. The main focus is fixing the annoyances found on mac os x and freebsd, while adding some nice functionalities, like status bar icon and "run as superuser". There are also some other small fixes and enhancements.
2010-03-16: Grsync for Maemo now stable
Grsync has been promoted to stable quality on Maemo 5 and is now installable via the standard procedure.
See http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/grsync/ for details.
Other news include a fix for FreeBSD and Mac Os X problems... version 1.1 is coming so stay tuned!
2010-02-09: Grsync Sourceforge project page
Hello!
As you can see, grsync has got a new home in sourceforge! Meaning you can follow the development in various ways, including the latest development version, accessible via subversion repository (svn).
Happy syncing!
2010-02-04: Sourceforge project created, with release files and subversion repository
2010-02-02: Version 1.0.0: Maemo port merged, import from command line and some fixes.
2010-01-07: Presenting our new contributor, featuring online backups: visit DataStorageUnit.com and support Grsync!
2009-11-25: Version 0.9.3: new layout, some fixes and enhancements.
2009-10-14: Please vote in the new features poll!
2009-10-02: Version 0.9.2: now works with newer gtk libraries! plus other fixes and small enhancements
2009-06-22: Version 0.9.1: fixes, "itemize-changes" rsync option, "warning" button...
2009-06-18: Windows port available! see A port by Adam Moore
2009-06-08: Version 0.9.0: GtkBuilder finally! Resizable rsync window, "on rsync error only" after command, new icon...
2009-05-25: Mac OS X users please try Éric Béliveau's port :-)

See Archived news for old entries.

See Changes for release information.

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Features

Most commonly used rsync options available, additional options may be specified by command line switches
Saves multiple settings with customized names (no limit on number of "sessions")
Can do simulation or normal execution
Captures and prints rsync output nicely on a own window and log to a file
Parses rsync output to display progress bars and other information
Highlights errors and show them on a separate window, for better and faster control over rsync runs
Can pause rsync execution
A good number of translations available
Can run custom commands before (and stop in case of failure) and after rsync
Shell script for batch, crontab use etc. provided (grsync-batch)
Can import and export sessions on file; i.e. share your settings with people!
Can minimize to system tray (status icon)
Can run specific sessions with superuser privileges
Rsync backup made easy!
Needs rsync installed on the system (command line tool only, no need for server-side daemon) and GTK
Available for free and with sources!
Works on many linux distributions (including Nokia Maemo), Mac OS X and windows!