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rclone

rsync for 70+ cloud storage providers

provisional — pending verificationMITself-hostable

Value Index

5.0 / 5

Transparency5

Value density5

Privacy5

Efficiency5

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Why it's listed

rclone is listed in backup & object storage because it competes on utility: rsync for 70+ cloud storage providers. It's built by an independent, bootstrapped team — no growth-at-all-costs pressure, no ad-tax passed to you. Licensed MIT; pricing: free / donations. Technically it's lean — it runs comfortably on modest hardware, which is exactly the proof-of-work efficiency we rank for. This entry is provisional — the scores are seeded estimates pending our full manual rubric pass, and the verification date will appear here once complete.

Facts

License: MIT
Pricing: Free / donations
Funding model: Indie OSS
Self-hostable: Yes
Replaces: every cloud's sync client
Verification: Provisional — scores are seeded estimates pending manual verification

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