Sync-in
File storage, syncing, sharing, and collaboration with real-time editing, permission management, and desktop/CLI clients.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 270 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.6.1 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
Sync-in quick facts
- Health score
- 93/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,946
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.6.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Sync-in is a self-hosted platform for file storage, synchronization, and team collaboration."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Sync-in scores 93/100, #5 of 20 in File Transfer & Synchronization: 270 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.6.1, 5 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,946 stars add 13.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 6.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
270 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.6.1 released 5 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 13.2 / 20
1.9k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 270
- Last 90 days
- 833
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 20 tools in File Transfer & Synchronization by health , between OpenCloud (#4) and Nextcloud (#6) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Nodejs, Docker |
| Latest release | v2.6.1 · 5 days ago |
| Stars | 1,946 |
| Open issues | 16 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | Sync-in/server ↗ |
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Sync-in: common questions
Is Sync-in still maintained?
Sync-in had 270 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v2.6.1, is from 5 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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