Openrsync: A BSD-licensed implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team
Openrsync is a BSD-licensed implementation of the rsync utility developed by the OpenBSD team. It is designed for compatibility with modern rsync versions and can run on various UNIX systems. The project is part of the rpki-client initiative and was funded by multiple organizations.
- ▪Openrsync has been merged into the OpenBSD base system.
- ▪It accepts a subset of rsync's command-line arguments and is primarily supported on OpenBSD.
- ▪The installation process involves configuring, making, and installing the utility on a UNIX system.
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| Original publisher | GitHub |
| Canonical URL | https://github.com/kristapsdz/openrsync |
| Publication time | Sat, 30 May 2026 10:51:48 +0000 |
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Introduction This system has been merged into OpenBSD base. If you'd like to contribute to openrsync, please mail your patches to [email protected]. This repository is simply the OpenBSD version plus some glue for portability. This is an implementation of rsync with a BSD (ISC) license. It's compatible with a modern rsync (3.1.3 is used for testing, but any supporting protocol 27 will do), but accepts only a subset of rsync's command-line arguments. Its officially-supported operating system is OpenBSD, but it will compile and run on other UNIX systems. See Portability for details. The canonical documentation for openrsync is its manual pages. See rsync(5) and rsyncd(5) for protocol details or utility documentation in openrsync(1).
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