[md81544]

Why C-sharp / mono ?? This could almost be done (on Linux at least) with a copy of rsync, git (for the revision control) and a shell script.

[akmiller]

C-sharp and mono will allow it to run on all 3 platforms (OSX, Linux, and Windows).

[wcoenen]

If you look at the source, you'll see it is already based on git. C# is just used to glue it all together and provide a GUI.

There isn't much source code there though. It looks more like a proof of concept. I doubt anything is "coming soon" here.

[obsaysditto]

I was exactly wondering about mono when I viewed the README. The toolsets needed are already there.

Perhaps this was done to make it easier to port to other OS later?

[sabat]

This could almost be done (on Linux at least) with a copy of rsync, git (for the revision control) and a shell script.

Er, well, yeah, but you'd be polling almost constantly if you're trying to emulate what Dropbox does. I don't know exactly how Dropbox knows when I add or change a file -- I assume it ties in to the kernel. Also, rsync wouldn't work over HTTP, which is a big disadvantage in some of the environments I've been working in lately.

My big question, though: why isn't someone doing this for headless servers? Why do they always assume people just want this for desktops? At least you can hack a headless version of Dropbox on Linux.