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Alternatives:

Git Annex[1]

Very robust and well-written (Haskell), and extremely fast. An extension (daemon, client, and webui) to git. Gitlab uses this to provide large file support (which is similar to Github's LFS)[2]. Author is a Debian maintainer (and obviously a Haskell dev).

Sync Thing[3]

Fast and professional golang synchronizer with its own protocol[4]. Usually compared to BTsync.

1. https://git-annex.branchable.com/videos/

2. https://about.gitlab.com/2015/02/17/gitlab-annex-solves-the-...

3. https://syncthing.net/

4. https://github.com/syncthing/specs/blob/master/BEPv1.md

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Linking to alternatives is not exactly constructive criticism for someone looking for feedback from a Show HN. It feels dismissive and out of spirit of what's trying to be accomplished here. Without any commentary or questions, it's almost like you're saying, "Why did you bother?"

Now, I very much doubt that was your intention, but please have some empathy for the person taking a chance when sharing something on Show HN. It's not easy and I'd hate for someone to give up on something just because someone linked to other things that already existed in the world. We wouldn't have Dropbox or Google under those conditions.

At the very least ask the creator how his project is different from these other projects or ask if he's seen these alternatives or even ask why he might have decided to build his own. A little bit of effort on your end shows you recognize his effort and isn't tone deaf to what's going on here.

agreed asking "how is this different than x,y,z" is such a great way to allow the creator to open up and dive into the nitty gritty and fun details

Point taken, and you're right. I'm extremely sensitive about my work too. My deepest apologies to the OP!

No apologies required! Thanks for taking the time to post the links. I discovered "syncthing" via this thread and while it sucks that I did not come across it before, I am excited to try it out.

You're a champ mate. Try out git annex too. The presentation might put you off a bit but it's really powerful.

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