1. Freefilesync
2. Freefilesync Reddit

FreeFileSync is a fully featured File Sync Software designed to serve Enterprises, SMEs and StartUps. FreeFileSync provides end-to-end solutions designed for Web App and Android. This online File Sync system offers Synchronization Scheduling at one place. Top reasons why people like FreeFileSync: 1. Completely free 2. It is quite performant 3. Does not preserve folder timestamps when copying 4.

FreeFileSync is a free and open-source program used for file synchronization. It is available on Windows, Linux and OS X. The project is backed by donations. Donors get a few additional features such as an auto-updater, parallel sync, portable version, and silent installation.^[2] It has received positive reviews.^[3][4]

FreeFileSync works by comparing one or multiple folders on their content, date or file size and subsequently synchronizing the content according to user-defined settings. In addition to supporting local file systems and network shares, FreeFileSync is able to sync to FTP, FTPS, SFTP and MTP devices.

Adware/Malware[edit]

Earlier versions were packaged with OpenCandy,^[5][6] an adware module which many antivirus software vendors classify as malware.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Since the release of version 10.0 in April 2018, the software is ad-free.^[11] In November 2018 Norton wrongly considered FreeFileSync installer as a malware and blocked its installation.^[12]

Supported OS[edit]

FreeFileSync is available for 32bit and 64bit operating systems.As of May 2020 the then current version 10.23 of FreeFileSync supported the following operating systems and versions:^[13]

• Windows 10 down to Windows 7.
• MacOS 10.15 'Catalina' down to Mac OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion'
• On Linux many well-known distributions are supported. The web site cites CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Mint, SUSE and Ubuntu.

Older operating systems[edit]

Support for Windows Vista and XP ended with FreeFileSync_v10.11.The latest release compatible with Mac OS X 10.7.5 is FreeFileSync_8.4_Mac_OS_X.Older versions are still available on the project website.^[14]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Release 11.9'. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
2. ^'FAQ: Donation Edition'. freefilesync.org.
3. ^https://www.pcworld.com/article/261465/compare_and_synchronize_pc_files_easily_with_freefilesync.html
4. ^https://alternativeto.net/software/freefilesync/reviews/
5. ^Akerlund, Geoff (10 March 2014), FreeFileSync comes bundled with the OpenCandy malware, and there's no option to not install it., Backup Review, retrieved 2 February 2018
6. ^Richards, Gizmo (16 April 2017), Controversial Advertising Program Now Being Embedded in More Software, Tech Support Alert, retrieved 2 February 2018
7. ^PUP.Optional.OpenCandy, Malwarebytes, retrieved 3 February 2018
8. ^OpenCandy, Sophos, retrieved 3 February 2018
9. ^ADW_OPENCANDY, Trend Micro, retrieved 3 February 2018
10. ^Virustotal analyses of OpenCandy, Virus Total, retrieved 3 February 2018
11. ^Brinkmann, Martin (3 May 2018). 'FreeFileSync 10.0 updates removes ads from installer'. ghacks.net. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
12. ^'My virus scanner/firewall shows a scary warning. Is there a virus, malware, or trojan?'. freefilesync.org.
13. ^List of supported operating systems https://freefilesync.org/faq.php#operating-systems
14. ^Archive of old versions of the software https://freefilesync.org/archive.php

External links[edit]

Package Details: freefilesync 11.4-1

Package Actions

• View PKGBUILD / View Changes

Dependencies (4)

• curl(curl-git, curl-minimal-git)
• wxgtk (wxgtk-git, wxgtk2-light, wxgtk2-dev)
• unzip(unzip-natspec, unzip-iconv)(make)

jooch commented on 2020-12-22 20:52

After many nights of plowing through code i managed to get the horror release 11.1 done. And with that behind me i was able to progress much faster to 11.4 than i anticipated.With a bit of time to spare i decided to fix some theming bugs that Zenju had no interest in (https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6978).

TheDcoder commented on 2021-01-22 07:14

dlagent is causing build issues if the BUILDDIR is set to a another directory, please fix this.

Konzertheld commented on 2021-01-19 18:04

I also had issues with wxgtk2 but figured out one could easily change the dependency without uninstalling. With pikaur, use pikaur -S --rebuild freefilesync, and when it asks to view the PKGBUILD, do so and replace the dependency wxgtk with wxgtk2. It works just fine for me.

amhainen commented on 2021-01-17 13:47

I am having issues with webkitgtk (I think there is a conflict with webkitgtk-3 perhaps?) and wxgtk-git. I am new with AUR installs, so thanks for patience. I have this problem on three of my Arch Linux machines. Here is the final error when I try to install webkitgtk manually (same when running 'yay -S freefilesync'):

Could this AUR be looking for an old dependency? Would webkitgtk-3 work?

P.S. I think I am reading that wxgtk is being skipped. Like the users below, I think the wxgtk2 might be the solution. I tried @Fuzzy 's recommendation to use yay --editmenu -S freefilesync, but I had the same result. I don't know how to edit a PKGBUILD with yay.

Edits: additional notes and learning markdown.

Fuzzy commented on 2021-01-15 07:04

For those who use yayand don't want to download PKGBUILD manually - I used command yay --editmenu -S freefilesync to invoke PKGBUILD edit request during installation and replaced 'wxgtk' to 'wxgtk' at line #15.

nfs commented on 2021-01-11 22:34

It would help if you could update the PKGBUILD to make the dependency 'wxgtk2' instead of 'wxgtk'. When I tried to use 'pacman -Suy' today, it refused to update wxgtk2, because it broke freefilesync's dependency on 'wxgtk'. When I uninstalled freefilesync, I was able to update 'wxgtk2', but then I couldn't install freefilesync until I edited the PKGBUILD dependency to read 'wxgtk2'.

ranger commented on 2021-01-11 21:39

Since today, wxgtk2 is not build withprovides=(wxgtk)

I changed the dependency from wxgtk to wxgtk2 and freefilesync builds successfully and runs with no problem

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aminvakil commented on 2020-12-22 21:48

@jooch Thanks for your help!

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And great thanks on upgrading and maintaining this package, I had no idea it has this much trouble.

jooch commented on 2020-12-22 21:11

@aminvakilI have tested the package on all my available systems, even one that is running the M word distro.

I can't reproduce it, are you up to date? If so, which mirror stable or testing?edit: From what i can see in your error log you might have to run 'makepkg -C'

jooch commented on 2020-12-22 20:52

After many nights of plowing through code i managed to get the horror release 11.1 done. And with that behind me i was able to progress much faster to 11.4 than i anticipated.With a bit of time to spare i decided to fix some theming bugs that Zenju had no interest in (https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6978).

aminvakil commented on 2020-12-22 20:39