RsyncUI and RsyncOSX are GUI´s on the Apple macOS platform for the command line tool rsync. The main difference between the two apps is how the User Interface (UI) is built. It is rsync
which executes the synchronize data tasks. The GUI´s are only for organizing tasks, setting parameters to rsync
and make it easier to use rsync
.
If you are on macOS Sonoma and later please use RsyncUI.
Main branch for RsyncUI is version 2.1.0 of RsyncUI. To compile requiere Xcode 16 beta.
The apps might be installed by Homebrew or by direct Download. The apps are signed and notarized by Apple.
App | Homebrew | macOS | Documentation |
---|---|---|---|
RsyncUI | brew install --cask rsyncui |
macOS Sonoma and later | rsyncui.netlify.app |
RsyncOSX | brew install --cask rsyncosx |
macOS Big Sur and later | rsyncosx.netlify.app |
The development of RsyncOSX commenced in 2015 as a private project to learn Swift. In 2019, Apple released SwiftUI. SwiftUI quickly became very popular and I commenced another private project, RsyncUI, to learn SwiftUI.
App | Storage | #lines | #files | UI | Latest version | Version 1.0.0 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RsyncUI | JSON | about 11.7k | 150 | SwiftUI, declarativ | v1.9.2 - 11 June 2024 | 6 May 2021 |
RsyncOSX | JSON | about 11K | 121 | Storyboard, imperativ | v6.8.0 - 13 April 2023 | 14 March 2016 |
The UI of RsyncUI and RsyncOSX can for users who dont know rsync
be difficult and complex to understand.
Setting wrong parameters to rsync
can result in deleted data. For your own safety it is important to execute a simulated run, a --dry-run
, and verify the result before the real run.
Please be aware it is an external task not controlled by RsyncUI or RsyncOSX, which executes the command-line tool rsync. The progress and termination of the external rsync task are monitored. The user can abort the task at any time. Please let the abort finish and cleanup properly before starting a new task. It might take a few seconds. If not, the apps might become unresponsive.
RsyncUI is released for macOS Sonoma and later. Latest build is 11 June 2024.
- the user guide for RsyncUI
- the changelog
RsyncOSX is released for macOS Big Sur and later. Latest build is 13 April 2023.
- the user guide for RsyncOSX
- the changelog