I heart rsync.

But being that I'm a big fan of Java (and Eclipse, and Ant, and native solutions), I'd love rsync even more if there were

• a native implementation for the Java platform
• an Ant task for integrating rsync with the build
• an Eclipse plugin for using it to sync projects with test and production systems
• a Windows service for running it (with or without cygwin)
• a cross-platform GUI for local configuration and scheduling

Others have tried and failed to write a Java implementation of rsync - I don't know why their projects sputtered and died. (Probably because they like making money.)

I've taken on this project because of the intellectual challenge (I'm a Web developer by trade, but I'm sure I'm capable of more).

The project - being a learning experience for me - will remain 100% open source throughout its lifetime. So branch it at any point, and make the project your own. And feel free to contact me for discussion.

Getting Started

No distributions available yet. Stay tuned.

Understanding the Challenge

I'm putting together a collection of documentation on Rsync - how it works, the basic building blocks of the algorithm, the strategy behind the network layer design. You can follow along in AllAboutRsync.