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Any alternative for dropbox, that would also allow you to install their software for clients for easier uploads.

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Just out of curiosity, why can't you use DropBox? – musicfreak Dec 11 '09 at 5:44
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Seems he needs an alternative to just about everything. – innaM Dec 11 '09 at 8:07
@musicfreak: because it doesn't have a consistent user policy. See their recent changes of TOS. – vtest Jul 7 '11 at 0:16
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@vtest: That wasn't the case at the time of the question being asked. – Wuffers Jul 7 '11 at 0:20
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Have you tried Live Mesh? You get 5 gigs of space and multiple folders.

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5 GB is good - but damn, what a typical Microsoft website. So much text, so little information. It took me 5 minutes to find any mention of "5 GB free" in there. – EMP Dec 11 '09 at 6:17
Can you throttle the bandwidth with Live Mesh now? Couldn't do that before and it killed my internet connection =/ – Svish Apr 7 '10 at 20:59
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alternativeto.net/desktop/dropbox.

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I use that website all the time and it is a lifesaver! – Wuffers Jun 19 '10 at 14:51
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SpiderOak seems to offer cross-platform (Mac OS X, Linux, Windows), cross-machine file synchronization akin to Dropbox. It has a sharing feature (seems a bit like Dropbox's Public folder, but with optional password protection). It is not clear to me if SpiderOak offers read+write sharing between SpiderOak users like Dropbox does with its sharing (the kind that is not based on the ‘Public’ folder).

SpiderOak offers 2GB for free and $10/month (or $100/year) for each unit of 100GB.

But really, it is not clear to me what you really need. It sounds like you might be looking for some kind of private or semi-private upload service instead of a file-synchronization service (in that case, your mentioning of Dropbox may be misleading us as to what you really want). Maybe you would be happier with some sort of file uploading service.

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Coupon code "worldbackupday" for a free 5 GB. – John Jun 7 '11 at 4:28
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SugarSync is 2nd one in market share after Dropbox. They have 5GB free option (click on https://www.sugarsync.com/free/) BTW, SugarSync also has ability to synchronize with Google Docs using third party software ( http://cloudHQ.net/sugarsync ).

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SugarSync can also sync any folder, unlike Dropbox, which requires you to have everything in the same folder. – paradroid May 9 '11 at 4:42
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i use box.net with a group of people at work. it offers decent options for folder sharing and collaboration. is supports win/mac/linux and yes, there's an [iphone] app for that!

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If you have your own server, you could try a roll-your-own-dropbox-style app using something like iFolder.

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Having run an iFolder server for nearly a year myself, let me just say that if you are syncing A LOT of data, you can expect weird errors to crop up. In particular there are well documented cases where several files stop syncing. Usually this is due to weird file lock issues that do not resolve themselves. Sometimes the only solution (that works) is to resync the whole folder from scratch. – drknexus Sep 14 '11 at 15:35
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ASUS Webstorage is a nice Dropbox alternative with client software for Windows and Linux, and apps for Android and iPhone.

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I like Jungle Disk .

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Im looking for a free storage, but thanks anyway – soul Dec 11 '09 at 6:03
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When it's $4 I figure it's worth providing information on, since that's pretty close to free. – phoebus Dec 11 '09 at 6:21
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And by "pretty close to free" you mean infinitely more expensive? – todda.speot.is Apr 7 '10 at 21:39
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Tonido has mac, windows, and linux clients. It's a little different because your files are not uploaded to a 3rd-party cloud, but to some server you control.

Tonido is a software and service that once installed on any computer (Windows, Linux or Mac), can make files and media in that computer available anywhere through a web browser or from mobile phones (iPhone, Android or Blackberry). It is a new way to share your files, media and other information with anyone around the world without having to upload to third-party sites first.

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I edited your answer to fix the link formatting. If you could edit it to add some more information about what Tonido is and what features it offers, that would be helpful. – nhinkle♦ Jun 22 '11 at 19:38
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lipsync ( http://lipsync.it ) is the project that grew out of the fak3r.com post ( http://fak3r.com/geek/howto-build-your-own-open-source-dropbox-clone ) It uses lsyncd to run on the clients, watch for changes, and sync with rsync when it sees them. The server only needs an OpenSSH server running. It doesn't include the UI interface that Dropbox or other projects have though.

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Just found this Unison

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