syq Fast, programmable file operations.

Copy, reorganize and remove files—locally or across machines. Resume interrupted transfers, send files to your laptop or run commands there from a server’s remote shell, and script syq using the JSON API or Python SDK. Your laptop needs no SSH server or incoming network port.

Try a copy

Replace server with an SSH hostname or alias you normally connect to, and project with a local directory:

syq cp project --to server --into backup

This creates or updates backup/project in your home directory on the server. To copy the contents of project directly into backup, use --srcs-in:

syq cp --srcs-in project --to server --into backup

Use --dry-run to preview a summary without copying, or --dry-run -v to list the planned changes by path. Existing destination files are updated when needed. Unrelated files stay unless you request --prune.

Already use rsync?

Start with your usual command, prefixed by syq:

syq rsync -av project/ server:backup/project/
syq rsync -av server:data/ ./data/

Syq supports common rsync options, but uses its own protocol. Rsync filter rules, hard links, ACLs, xattrs, sparse files, and rolling-checksum deltas are not supported. Check rsync compatibility before substituting it in an existing script.

Common tasks