# Resilio Sync

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Resilio Sync and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a peer-to-peer file sync tool that runs on Mac and Linux. The main caveat is that it is proprietary and paid.

## Why people recommend it

- Peer-to-peer syncing without cloud storage (1 comments): "I switched back to P2P file syncing via Syncthing and Resilio Sync out of frustration." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45799573))
- Works on Mac and Linux (1 comments): "Pretty happy with Resilio Sync. I use it on Mac, and linux in a docker container." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45799215))
- Seen as best available replacement (1 comments): "the best replacement I could find that still exists" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49769457))

## What people warn about

- Proprietary, not open source (1 comments): "It is proprietary: it has words license and price on their page" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45800202))
- No HTTPS download for shared files (1 comments): "I had assumed it would allow download over HTTPS when sharing files to third parties but I was wrong." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46402257))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Unison file synchronizer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unison.md): 24 recommend
- [SyncTrain](https://hackerapproved.com/p/synctrain.md): 9 recommend
- [FolderSync](https://hackerapproved.com/p/foldersync.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.resilio.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Resilio Sync", https://hackerapproved.com/p/resilio-sync/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).