How to: File Sync/Transfer
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[Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) is a continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time.

[TeraCopy](https://www.codesector.com/teracopy) is a program to copy and paste large files at a high speed. The program is used for frequent file transfers, large file sizes, moving files from separate SSD drives/Hard drives.

[KDE Connect](https://kdeconnect.kde.org/) is a tool that lets you easily link up your phone to your computer, your computer to your tablet; or your computer to your Steam Deck device. It can be used to share files across devices, read and send SMS directly from your laptop, and lock up your computer remotely.

[Open Cloud Saves](https://github.com/DavidDeSimone/OpenCloudSaves) is an open source application for managing your saves games across Windows, MacOS, and Linux (including SteamOS).

[Seafile](https://www.seafile.com) is an open source file sync&share solution designed for high reliability, performance and productivity. Sync, share and collaborate across devices and teams. 

[Warpinator](https://github.com/linuxmint/warpinator) is a free, open-source tool for sending and receiving files between computers that are on the same network. 

[FileZilla Client](https://filezilla-project.org/) is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. 

[WinFsp](https://github.com/winfsp/winfsp) is a set of software components for Windows computers that allows the creation of user mode file systems. In this sense it is similar to FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace), which provides the same functionality on UNIX-like computers.

[SSHFS-Win](https://github.com/winfsp/sshfs-win) is a minimal port of SSHFS to Windows. Looking under the hood it uses Cygwin for the POSIX environment and WinFsp for the FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) functionality.

[Synology](https://www.synology.com/) is a tool that allows you to easily access and manage files in your Synology Drive on the go. Apart from common file types, such as documents, images, videos and music, you can also open Synology Office document, spreadsheets and slides in the user-friendly viewer provided by Drive.

[Nextcloud](http://nextcloud.com/) is a suite of client-server software for creating and using file hosting services. It offers an on-premise Universal File Access and sync platform with powerful collaboration capabilities and desktop, mobile and web interfaces. 

[FileRun](https://hub.docker.com/r/filerun/filerun) is a self-hosted Google Drive alternative. It is a full featured web based file manager with an easy to use user interface.

[FileBrowser](https://hub.docker.com/r/filebrowser/filebrowser) provides a file managing interface within a specified directory and it can be used to upload, delete, preview, rename and edit your files. It allows the creation of multiple users and each user can have its own directory.

[Rsync](https://rsync.samba.org/) is a utility in the command line which enables users to transfer and synchronize files efficiently between a computer and an external hard drive in the entire connected network.

[rsync.net](https://rsync.net/) is a Cloud Storage for Offsite Backup that give you an empty UNIX filesystem to access with any SSH tool. Built on ZFS for data security and fault tolerance with support for rsync/sftp/scp/borg/rclone/restic/git-annex.

[RiftShare](https://riftshare.app) is a cross platform (Windows, MacOS, Linux) file sharing tool that supports fully encrypted transfers both on the local network and off network using a simple passphrase. RiftShare uses [magic-wormhole](https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole) under the hood and is compatible with other magic-wormhole clients. It is also fully open source and licensed under the GPLv3. 

[Usermode FTP Server](https://gitlab.com/ergoithz/umftpd) is a tool that let's you start an FTP server as user and transfer files with any FTP client. Allowing you to access your files directly with many file browsers' builtin FTP support: Windows File Explorer, Thunar, Gnome Files, Dolphin and many more. 

[TagSpaces](https://www.tagspaces.org/) is a free, no vendor lock-in, open source application for organizing, annotating and managing local files with the help of tags. It features advanced note taking functionalities and some capabilities of to-do apps. It's available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Android.