ownCloud 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.

ownCloud and Sync-in are closely matched on maintenance health (77 vs 75). Neither is the safer bet on activity alone, so choose on features, licence and the stack you already run.
ownCloudSync-in
Health score 77/100 75/100
Commits (11 mo) 306 709
Commits (last 3 mo) 170 232
Stars 8.8k 1.8k
Latest release 25 Sept 2026 21 Sept 2026
Licence AGPL-3.0 AGPL-3.0
Built with PHP, Docker, deb Nodejs, Docker
Typical RAM 1 GB 1 GB

ownCloud

All-in-one solution for saving, synchronizing, viewing, editing and sharing files, calendars, address books and more.

77/100
Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 21/40
Releases 25/25
Community 15/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 53% of tracked projects; popularity more than 77%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 14 commits 2025-11: 5 commits 2025-12: 8 commits 2026-01: 19 commits 2026-02: 37 commits 2026-03: 23 commits 2026-04: 13 commits 2026-05: 17 commits 2026-06: 63 commits 2026-07: 88 commits 2026-08: 19 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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