FreeFileSync is highly optimized for performance and usability without a needlessly complex user interface.

Features

  • Detect moved and renamed files and folders
  • Copy locked files (Volume Shadow Copy Service)
  • Detect conflicts and propagate deletions
  • Binary comparison
  • Full support for Symbolic Links
  • Automate sync as a batch job
  • Multiple folder pairs
  • Copy NTFS extended attributes (compressed, encrypted, sparse)
  • Copy NTFS security permissions
  • Support long path names > 260 characters
  • Fail-safe file copy
  • Cross-platform: Windows/Linux
  • Expand environment variables like %USERPROFILE%
  • Access variable drive letters by volume name (USB sticks)
  • Native 32 and 64-bit builds
  • Keep versions of deleted/updated files
  • Optimal sync sequence prevents disc space bottlenecks
  • Full unicode support
  • Highly optimized performance
  • Include/exclude files via filter
  • Local and portable installation
  • Handle daylight saving time changes on FAT/FAT32
  • Use macros %time%, %date%, et al. for recurring backups
  • Case sensitive synchronization
  • Built-in locking serializes multiple jobs running against the same network share

What's New

  • Fixed crash when closing progress dialog after sync (Windows)
  • Further dark mode improvements
  • Fixed blurry icons due to image resizing glitch
  • Fixed RealTimeSync process not exiting while in taskbar (Linux)
  • Improved file icon loading performance
  • Improved extension handling for multi-file renaming
  • Mitigate icon size rendering bug for notification emails
  • Close popup dialogs using Ctrl+Enter while ignoring keyboard focus
  • Resume from system tray via single mouse click
  • Avoid white flash when resuming progress dialog from system tray (Windows)
  • Increased progress indicator UI update frequency