XYplorer Beta Club

Is there any plan to develop a function like the software "synctoy" to allow users to sync folders?
Like: just simple to set the pairs paths, then it can automatically sync folders when the XYplorer is running.
Really need this function to keep the files the same between my PC and the internet folders.

You are aware of sync (scripting) or via dual pane and the GUI: Menu - Panes - Sync Folders... oO

Moving this thread...

highend wrote: ↑06 Nov 2024 12:19 You are aware of sync (scripting) or via dual pane and the GUI: Menu - Panes - Sync Folders... oO

Moving this thread...

Yes, I know this function. But I want to "synchronize" and keep the 2 files the same, not just from one to another.
I want the change I made from the local file can synchronize to the internet file. and the change (another colleague made) from the internet file can automatically synchronize to my local file.

There is no such plan.

admin wrote: ↑08 Nov 2024 09:43 There is no such plan.

Is there really no bidirectional folder sync ?
I didn't yet search for it as I do such functions with TC.

Low demand. Can easily be done with two one-way sync operations.

Do you (or anyone reading this) use bidirectional folder sync frequently?

admin wrote: ↑08 Mar 2026 08:12 Do you (or anyone reading this) use bidirectional folder sync frequently?

Yes.
I use Total commander Synchronize dirs for it.
The very simple button in XY looks like this
"C:\Tools\Wincmd\totalcmd64.exe" /S=S: "<curitem>" "<get selectedItemsPathNames <crlf> i>"
The GUI screen looks like this

But why? What's the point in having two identical folders?
One is the source tree for common modules.
The other path is a certain project which makes use of it.
After correcting errors in the project changes should go back into the master
and additional files from the master into the project.

Thanks.

Thanks for editing my post.

One is the source tree for common modules.
The other path is a certain project which makes use of it.
After correcting errors in the project changes should go back into the master
and additional files from the master into the project.

I still don't get it. You can do that with XYplorer's sync with "Delete items in target that have no matches in source".

admin wrote: ↑15 Mar 2026 09:21

One is the source tree for common modules.
The other path is a certain project which makes use of it.
After correcting errors in the project changes should go back into the master
and additional files from the master into the project.

I still don't get it. You can do that with XYplorer's sync with "Delete items in target that have no matches in source".

That will not do what I said.
It will not copy back new files from the project (Target) to the master
while updating files from the master into the target.

I see. It doesn't seem like something many people would need. There haven't been many requests for it over the years. So, for now, I won't make any plans for two-way sync.

for 2 way sync, another excellent tool is freefilesync https://freefilesync.org/

XYplorer can perform a two-way sync by combining two one-way sync operations, one in each direction. This is what it would look like (basic modified dates in parentheses):