casync

Linux software utility designed to distribute frequently-updated file system images over the Internet
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casync

Summary

casync is a free software[1]. casync ranks in the top 9% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • casync's instance of is recorded as free software[3].
  • casync's maintained by is recorded as Lennart Poettering[4].
  • casync's developer is recorded as Lennart Poettering[5].
  • casync's copyright license is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License[6].
  • casync's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[7].
  • casync's operating system is recorded as Linux[8].
  • casync's software version identifier is recorded as 2[9].
  • casync's software version identifier is recorded as 1[10].
  • casync's has use is recorded as data transmission[11].
  • casync's official website is recorded as https://github.com/systemd/casync/[12].
  • rsync inspired casync[13].
  • Q186055 inspired casync[14].
  • tar inspired casync[15].
  • casync's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/systemd/casync[16].
  • casync's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11fx7vv9vw[17].
  • casync's Gentoo package is recorded as net-misc/casync[18].
  • casync's AUR package is recorded as casync[19].
  • casync's AUR package is recorded as casync-git[20].
  • casync's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[21].
  • casync's Repology project name is recorded as casync[22].
  • casync's openSUSE package is recorded as casync[23].
  • casync's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Casync[24].

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Adaptations and Inspiration

Inspired by rsync[13], a utility software[25], founded in 1996[26]; Q186055[14], a distributed revision control system[27], founded in 2005[28]; and tar[15], an archive file format[29].

Why It Matters

casync ranks in the top 9% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). casync. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/casync
MLA “casync.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/casync.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_casync_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{casync}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/casync}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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