Syncthing
File Transfer & Synchronization
Syncthing is an open source peer-to-peer file synchronisation tool.
Actively maintained
Real momentum
MPL-2.0
Access and share your files, calendars, contacts, mail and [more](https://apps.nextcloud.com/) from any device, on your terms.
Nextcloud is an open-source file transfer & synchronization project positioned as an alternative to Dropbox, Google Drive, Personal cloud, with 36k GitHub stars and a health score of 100/100. It committed 7064 times in the last twelve months across 12 of those months, and its status is actively maintained. Licence: AGPL-3.0. It has real momentum, so treat it as a live competitor rather than a stale repository.
| Status | Actively maintained — Committed within the last 45 days. |
|---|---|
| Last commit | 2026-08-15 |
| Days since last commit | 2 |
| Commits, last 3 months | 1937 |
| Commits, last 12 months | 7064 |
| Months with activity | 12 of 12 |
| Last release | 2026-08-13 |
| Archived | No |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Category | File Transfer & Synchronization |
| Positioned against | Dropbox, Google Drive, Personal cloud |
Health score combines commit recency, twelve-month commit volume, months with activity, release recency and archive state. Metadata refreshed August 2026.
Copyleft (GPL, AGPL, MPL): derivative work must stay open. AGPL also covers software offered over a network, which blocks most closed SaaS wrappers.
This matters most when you plan to sell a hosted version. A permissive licence means anyone — including a competitor with more capital — can do the same, so your defensibility has to come from distribution, support or data, not from the code.
Nextcloud is shipping code consistently, so a buyer comparing your product will find a maintained free option. Price and position against the total cost of self-hosting it, not against the paid incumbent's list price.
Winnable, but differentiation is not optional. Pick one underserved segment and be visibly better for it rather than competing feature-for-feature with a free tool.
Actively maintained. Nextcloud recorded 7064 commits over the last twelve months, with activity in 12 of those months and 1937 commits in the last quarter. Last commit: 2026-08-15. Last release: 2026-08-13. Committed within the last 45 days.
Nextcloud is published under AGPL-3.0. Copyleft (GPL, AGPL, MPL): derivative work must stay open. AGPL also covers software offered over a network, which blocks most closed SaaS wrappers.
Nextcloud targets the same job as Dropbox, Google Drive, Personal cloud and is actively shipping. Adoption sits at 36k stars. Whether it is a good replacement depends on your deployment constraints: self-hosting adds infrastructure, upgrade and security work that a commercial subscription absorbs for you.
20 open-source implementations, 14 of them actively maintained, led by Syncthing at 88k stars. Saturation score 52/100 — Contested. Several maintained alternatives exist, but no one owns the category.
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