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24 alternatives to Active File Archiver

Active File Archiver vigilantly saves your watched folders

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    AFA, now more ways to save your files.

    Jun 2026 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

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    Folderr▲363

    Smart home, auto & beyond

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Archive all your documents in a clean and consistent way

    2021 · document-archiver.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Archive files to cloud storage, save space on your computer

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Archive▲20

    Never lose a file again

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Secure file archiver. Contribute to wg/arc development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Accelerated, secure, & indestructible uploading to Frame.io

    2018 · frame.io · its alternatives →

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    The open-source, self-hosted internet archiving solution

    2019 · archivebox.io · its alternatives →

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    Compress Mac apps in place and restore them in one click

    Aug 2026 · apparchiver.com · its alternatives →

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    Spacer▲97

    Tag-based File Explorer

    Nov 2025 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    The next-generation archiver for Mac

    2023 · etheriar.com · its alternatives →

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    A general-purpose file explorer for (rooted) Android, with support for compressed archives, remote file servers, device-to-device file transfers, checksums, etc... - pgp/XFiles

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Very fast multi-threaded OSS (MIT) file size scanner utility

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    An arbitrary filesystem event watcher which is: - simple - efficient - dependency free - runnable anywhere with a filesystem - header only Watcher is extremely efficient. In most cases, even when scanning millions of paths, this library uses a near-zero amount of resources. Watcher is simple. The library exposes a single function and a single object. That is all. Happy hacking.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Automatic data backup on Windows, flexible storage options

    2024 · langmeier-backup.com · its alternatives →

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    File management platform

    2023 · store.mangodo.com · its alternatives →

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    easyZIP▲64

    Preview your Zip archives

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Dumper▲64

    Offsite backup for databases

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Scan, organize & never miss a deadline again

    Jan 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I’d like to share an open-source project I’ve created. It is an email archiving tool that can back up your whole email system with full-text search capabilities. The project is called Open Archiver, and it is able to archive and index emails from cloud-based email inboxes, including Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and any IMAP-enabled email inbox. You can connect it to your email provider, and it copies every single incoming and outgoing email into a secure archive that you control (Your local storage or S3-compatible storage). Some features: - Archive and index all emails and…

    2025 · openarchiver.com · its alternatives →

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    Simplify your life (and your inbox) with Email Archiver Pro

    2018 · emailarchiverpro.com · its alternatives →

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    Best software to Recover Zip archives, RAR archives,and more

    2025 · arysontechnologies.com · its alternatives →

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