euaie

• local file synchronization with a functional TUI
• scalable and tiling window friendly layout
• flexible but minimal and easy configuration
• plain and effective filter syntax (no glob or regex)
• tries to minimize complexity of application and codebase
• runs in all terminals on Linux, macOS and Windows
• native executables built with GraalVM Native Image

usage

Usage: euaie [-IQrSV] [-C=<MiB>] [-s=<policy>] [-t=<ms>] [-e[=<s:c:e>...]]...
             [-i[=<s:c:e>...]]... [@<filename>...] <rootL> <rootR>
simple file synchronization
      [@<filename>...]         one or more argument files containing options
      <rootL>
      <rootR>
  -e, --exclude[=<s:c:e>...]   filter syntax: '<starts>:<contains>:<ends>'
  -i, --include[=<s:c:e>...]   filter syntax: '<starts>:<contains>:<ends>'
  -r, --retain                 keep old files in <root>/.euaie/ (false)
  -s, --symlinks=<policy>      set policy for symbolic links (PRESERVE)
                               policies: FOLLOW, IGNORE, PRESERVE
  -t, --tolerance=<ms>         set allowed time difference (0)
  -C, --copy-threshold=<MiB>   set threshold for interruptable copy (512)
  -I, --insensitive            use case insensitive filters (false)
  -Q, --quit                   exit when both sides are equal (false)
  -S, --stateless              ignore previous state (false)
  -V, --version                print version and exit

examples

dotfiles:
euaie ~/ ~/sync/ -r -i .config/ .local/share/ -e .config/too/big .local/share/Trash/

pictures and videos:
euaie ~/Pictures/DCIM /run/media/user/sdcard/DCIM -t=2000 -Q

all options can be provided by arguments and argument files:
euaie @path/to/arguments.txt --quit

arguments.txt:

# comments start with #

#roots first
/home/user/
/home/user/Cloud/Sync/

--retain
--insensitive
--symlinks=IGNORE

#include in one line
--include=.config/
#or multiple lines
--include
.local/bin/
.local/share/
Music/

--exclude=Music/::.flac
--exclude
.config/too/big
.config/not/this/path
.local/share/Trash/
::.tmp

filter syntax for including and excluding paths relative to root

each filter is a string-triple, all three parts have to match a path or can be empty:

• <starts>:<contains>:<ends>
• <starts>:: or just <starts>
• :<contains>: or :<contains>
• ::<ends>

examples:

• .config/::.toml matches all .toml files anywhere in root/.config/
• :.git/: matches all .git directories in any location
• :2026:.flac matches all .flac files with '2026' in their paths
• path/to/::/file matches root/path/to/some/file but not root/path/to/file.old

build

cross-platform jar:
./gradlew shadowJar

native executable with Gradle:
./gradlew nativeCompile

native executable with Podman/Docker:
podman run --rm --volume .:/app ghcr.io/graalvm/native-image-community:25 -jar euaie.jar

dependencies

• Kotter
• picocli
• tinylog
• JLine
• Shadow

related

• Unison
• FreeFileSync
• Mutagen
• Syncthing
• rclone

comparison

	euaie	FreeFileSync	Unison
language	Kotlin	C++	OCaml
version	0.26.5	14.9	2.53.8
LOC (cloc)	1228	49238	40463
LOC UI ratio	59%	47%	26%

license

copyright 2026 239 - licensed under the Apache License 2.0