Haileyrsync was basically done until the maintainer discovered vibecoding
zl2todFork that.
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Graham Sutherland / Polynomial@jackemled @viq @fogti @zl2tod @hailey is that actually a concern here? I don't use rsync much but it seems like the sort of thing that could happily exist in a maintenance-only state almost indefinitely. (but I also haven't needed anything exotic out of it, so idk)
@gsuberland @jackemled @viq @zl2tod @hailey It is a concern as afaik openrsync lacks a lot —in terms of features— behind samba's rsync.
Rainer Müller@fogti @gsuberland @jackemled @viq @zl2tod @hailey Most alternative rsync implementations are stuck on the simpler protocol version 27, which is before many improvements such as the generation of the file list in parallel: https://github.com/gokrazy/rsync#existing-rsync-implementation-survey
Instead of trying to reimplement the undocumented rsync protocol, I would rather wish for an active community around a modern alternative file transfer tool based on content-defined chunking (as used by restic and borg backup). Google had a proof-of-concept with benchmarks for Stadia, but abandoned it: https://github.com/google/cdc-file-transfer
Following the ideas of FastCDC, resync looks promising on redefining the protocol, while keeping the command line interface familiar to users of rsync: https://github.com/vedLinuxian/resync-rs
Instead of trying to reimplement the undocumented rsync protocol, I would rather wish for an active community around a modern alternative file transfer tool based on content-defined chunking (as used by restic and borg backup). Google had a proof-of-concept with benchmarks for Stadia, but abandoned it: https://github.com/google/cdc-file-transfer
Following the ideas of FastCDC, resync looks promising on redefining the protocol, while keeping the command line interface familiar to users of rsync: https://github.com/vedLinuxian/resync-rs
Ember is so tired of people. 
@raimue @fogti @gsuberland @[email protected] @viq @zl2tod @hailey any more info on the project or author?, because popping up with a +9k lines initial commit in 2026 is very sus, particularly coming from a recommendation by someone with a slop PFP
@Ember Take the linked projects as examples of what will be possible if we leave the rsync protocol behind. I am not affiliated with any of these projects.
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