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This can sync any folder and (presumably) can have multiple instances running; Dropbox is limited to a single instance per user syncing ~/Dropbox. This is P2P and works without an internet connection.

It seems to be built for a different use case; Nextcloud (server/client) and Syncthing (P2P) are already excellent Dropbox alternatives.



All valid points. However, etaioinshrdlu is making a reference to the time Dropbox was first posted to Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863




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