Compare and synchronize folders with FreeFileSync

Posted by admin on September 3, 2009 in category: Software, free

FreeFileSync is a free/open source tool that allows you to compare and synchronize folders on your harddrives. It is optimized for highest performance and usability without restricted or overloaded UI interfaces.

Usage: You can add folders to the UI via drag and drop. Choose left and right directories and “Compare” them. Then select synchronization settings and press “Synchronize…” to begin synchronization. For more details check below image -

Features:

• Compare files (bytewise or by date) and synchronize them
• Subfolders are also synchronized, including empty folders
• Support for multiple folder pairs
• Create Batch Jobs for automated synchronization with or without GUI.
• Unicode support and Network support
• Right-click context menu
• Status information and error reporting
• Sort file-lists by name, size or date
• Display statistical data: total filesizes, amount of bytes that will be transfered with the current settings
• Support for filesizes larger than 4 GB.
• Delete before copy: Avoid disc space shortages with large sync-operations.
• Filter functionality to include/exclude files from synchronization (without re-compare!)
• Include/exclude specific files from synchronization manually
• Create sync jobs via GUI to synchronize automatically (can be scheduled or executed directly)
• Load file icons asynchronously for maximum display performance

FreeFileSync (Windows 2000, XP and Vista) can be downloaded at sourceforge.net. It is also available for Linux.