# Installer lsyncd avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, zypper

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de lsyncd pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:lsyncd
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install lsyncd
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add lsyncd
```

  Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lsyncd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install lsyncd
```

  Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: lsyncd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install lsyncd
```

  Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lsyncd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#lsyncd
```

  Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ls/lsyncd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install lsyncd
```

  Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lsyncd from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:lsyncd
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.3.1
- **Résumé source:** Synchronize local directories with remote targets
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://github.com/lsyncd/lsyncd>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/lsyncd/lsyncd>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-05-17T16:38:55Z
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- lsyncd (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 2.3.1
## Historique du projet et usages

Lsyncd, short for Live Syncing Daemon, is a Unix daemon that watches filesystem events and batches changes into rsync or rsync+ssh transfers.

### Historique du projet

The official README and manual describe Lsyncd as a lightweight live mirror solution built around platform filesystem event APIs: inotify on Linux and fsevents on macOS. Instead of introducing a new filesystem or block replication layer, it waits briefly, collapses change events, and spawns rsync or related actions to keep a target tree synchronized.

Lsyncd's configuration model is a major part of its identity. The manual documents Lua-syntax configuration files, daemon-wide `settings`, default sync layers such as `default.rsync`, `default.rsyncssh`, and `default.direct`, and lower-level customization paths that can range from shell commands to Lua code.

### Historique d'adoption

The project has unusually strong adoption signals for a daemon-sized Unix utility: GitHub shows roughly 6.1k stars, 474 forks, 926 commits, and a long issue history. The supplied package-manager facts show packaging across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/DNF, Alpine, Nix, and openSUSE/Zypper, which is consistent with a tool used by administrators rather than a single-platform script.

Recent official release notes show renewed maintenance. Version 2.3.0 is described as the first release 'since quite a while' under a new maintainer, adding nix flake support, tunnel commands, `batchSizeLimit`, `-onepass`, crontab support, and relative executable paths; version 2.3.1 followed with bug fixes and cleanup.

### Modes d'utilisation

The official invocation docs say Lsyncd can be configured mainly by passing a config file as the only command-line option, or cursorily through options such as `-rsync` and `-rsyncssh`. The manual's examples show typical one-way mirroring from a source directory to a local destination, remote rsync target, or remote host and target directory.

The project explicitly warns against treating it as a two-way synchronization system. Its README frames Lsyncd as best for slowly changing local directory trees, especially one-way sync from a secure area to a less secure mirror, and points users at specialized tools such as git-annex for bidirectional or conflict-aware workflows.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Lsyncd is package-nerd significant because it sits at the intersection of classic Unix tools: kernel file notifications, rsync, ssh, daemonization, and Lua configuration. It is the kind of package administrators install to avoid a heavier distributed filesystem while still getting near-real-time mirroring from familiar components.

Its cross-distro packaging also makes it useful as a history marker: it is not a fashionable single-ecosystem tool, but a durable sysadmin daemon that earned its place in major package sets through practical deployment value.

### Chronologie

- 2.1 era: Documentation says Lsyncd is predominantly configured through a config file.
- 2.2.1: README states Lsyncd requires rsync >= 3.1 on source and target machines.
- 2.3.0: Release notes describe renewed maintenance and new features including nix flakes, tunnels, `-onepass`, and crontab support.
- 2.3.1: Latest GitHub release lists bug fixes and code cleanup.

### Related projects

- rsync is the default synchronization backend.
- ssh is used by the rsync+ssh mode to handle remote moves efficiently.
- Lua supplies the configuration language.
- DRBD, GlusterFS, BindFS, Mirror, and git-annex are discussed in the README as related synchronization approaches with different trade-offs.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/lsyncd/lsyncd>
- <https://github.com/lsyncd/lsyncd/releases>
- <https://lsyncd.github.io/lsyncd/>
- <https://lsyncd.github.io/lsyncd/manual/config/file/>
- <https://lsyncd.github.io/lsyncd/manual/invoking/>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Notes de sécurité

Aucun manifest local de gestion des secrets correspondant n'a été trouvé pour lsyncd. Les métadonnées de paquet Nucleus restent publiées ici afin que la couverture future dispose d'une URL stable.


## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Debian apt - lsyncd - 2.2.3-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: lsyncd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | daemon to synchronize local directories using rsync | https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd
- Nix - lsyncd: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ls/lsyncd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - lsyncd - 2.2.3-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lsyncd from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | daemon to synchronize local directories using rsync | https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd
- apk - lsyncd - 2.3.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lsyncd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Live Syncing (Mirror) Daemon | https://github.com/lsyncd/lsyncd
- apk - lsyncd-doc - 2.3.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lsyncd-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Live Syncing (Mirror) Daemon (documentation) | https://github.com/lsyncd/lsyncd
- apk - lsyncd-openrc - 2.3.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lsyncd-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Live Syncing (Mirror) Daemon (OpenRC init scripts) | https://github.com/lsyncd/lsyncd
- dnf - lsyncd - 2.3.1-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lsyncd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | File change monitoring and synchronization daemon | https://axkibe.github.io/lsyncd/
- zypper - lsyncd - 2.3.1-2.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lsyncd from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Live Syncing (Mirror) Daemon | https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/lsyncd.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/lsyncd.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
