I do a lot of site migrations and moving heavy media files around. For the longest time, my workflow was incredibly dumb: download a huge zip from an FTP server -> wait 2 hours -> upload it to the new SFTP server -> wait another 2 hours. It killed my local disk space, ate up my bandwidth, and tested my patience.
I know rclone exists and it's an absolute beast of a tool. But honestly? I’m a visual person. I didn't want to type terminal commands and flags every time I needed to move a folder. I just wanted a simple split-pane window where I could drag a folder from Server A to Server B and let it do its thing directly.
I couldn't find a native app that did exactly this without being overly bloated, so I spent the last few months building it myself. It’s called SyncShuttle.
I actually use rclone under the hood as the transfer engine because it's rock-solid for large files and resuming drops, but the UI is completely native for macOS and Windows. You just connect your servers, and it streams the files directly between them. There's also a "Compare only" mode so you don't accidentally overwrite the wrong things.
Full disclosure: it’s a paid app (a one-time lifetime license, because I absolutely hate subscriptions). I've put a ton of nights and weekends into making it stable. But if anyone here struggles with the same workflow and wants to give it a spin, I made a promo code LAUNCH that takes $5 off this week.
Here is the link: https://syncshuttle.gumroad.com/l/kfnpgu
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