OpenCloud vs Sync-in

Both are self-hosted file transfer & synchronization projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

OpenCloud scores 89 against Sync-in's 75, putting it ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume and a larger community. That measures project health, not feature fit — Sync-in may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
OpenCloudSync-in
Health score 89/100 75/100
Commits (11 mo) 1543 709
Commits (last 3 mo) 562 232
Stars 6.1k 1.8k
Latest release 16 Sept 2026 21 Sept 2026
Licence Apache-2.0 AGPL-3.0
Built with Docker, Go, Nodejs Nodejs, Docker
Typical RAM 1 GB 1 GB

OpenCloud

File Sharing and Collaboration Platform.

89/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 35/40
Releases 25/25
Community 14/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 86% of tracked projects; popularity more than 70%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 82 commits 2025-11: 140 commits 2025-12: 158 commits 2026-01: 147 commits 2026-02: 86 commits 2026-03: 99 commits 2026-04: 117 commits 2026-05: 152 commits 2026-06: 157 commits 2026-07: 106 commits 2026-08: 299 commits

Sync-in

File storage, syncing, sharing, and collaboration with real-time editing, permission management, and desktop/CLI clients.

75/100
Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 29/40
Releases 25/25
Community 9/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 73% of tracked projects; popularity more than 46%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 67 commits 2025-11: 60 commits 2025-12: 43 commits 2026-01: 33 commits 2026-02: 78 commits 2026-03: 70 commits 2026-04: 62 commits 2026-05: 64 commits 2026-06: 108 commits 2026-07: 39 commits 2026-08: 85 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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