Open source alternatives to rsync

2 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what rsync does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What rsync does

Sync files between folders and machinescore
Transfer only changescore
Sync over SSH
Preserve permissions and timestamps
Backups and mirrors
Include and exclude rules

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

Project	Covers	Stars	Commits, 12 weeks	Last release	Closed vs opened	Setup	License
rcloneCommand line sync tool for dozens of cloud storage providers	Same job, different way81%	61k+150	617	8 days ago	100%	Uses the terminal	MIT
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Preserve permissions and timestamps. Not shown: Include and exclude rules.See the evidence Sync files between folders and machinescoreYesSync (one way) mode to make a directory identical Transfer only changescoreYesCopy mode to just copy new/changed files Sync over SSHYesSFTP Preserve permissions and timestampsPartlyTimestamps preserved on files Backups and mirrorsYesBackup (and encrypt) files to cloud storage Include and exclude rulesNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
openrsyncBSD-licensed implementation of the rsync file sync protocol in C	Replaces it56%	941	0	None	Too few	Uses the terminal	ISC
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Preserve permissions and timestamps. Not shown: Sync over SSH; Backups and mirrors; Include and exclude rules.See the evidence Sync files between folders and machinescoreYesThis is an implementation of rsync Transfer only changescoreYesit scans for new blocks to send to the receiver Sync over SSHNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Preserve permissions and timestampsPartlymetadata (e.g., mode, mtime, etc.) Backups and mirrorsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Include and exclude rulesNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.

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