Scion

Scion is a file transfer tool based on electron user interface backed by rsync runtime. You can install the binary version from releases section.

Getting started

Scion can be used in Windows, Linux and MacOSX. To get started, check out how to use scion and the installation instructions in the documentation for development.

Requirements

macOS 10.11+, Windows 7+, or Linux (Ubuntu 14.04+, Fedora 24+, Debian 8+).

rsync version 3.0.0 or higher is required (pre-installed on macOS and most Linux distributions). On Windows, rsync is bundled with the application — no separate installation needed.

Installation

To install the software, please, visit our facility project repository, https://github.com/mpicbg-scicomp/scion.

There is the releases section in the github repository. Each version contains multiple assets because Scion supports Windows (>= Windows 7), Linux (>= Ubuntu 14.04, Fedora 24, Debian 8) and MacOSX (>= 10.11).

• Windows: Download scion-Setup-x.x.x.exe
• Linux: Download scion-x.x.x.AppImage
• Mac: Download scion-x.x.x.dmg

Screenshots

Light mode:

Dark mode:

Usage examples

Scion can be used for any kinds of data transfer projects.

You can find a list of real-world examples in the documentation.

Help and Support

We are always happy to help out with your use-cases or any other questions you might have. You can ask a question via email, scicomp@mpi-cbg.de or signal an issue on GitHub.

If you are experiencing issues, check the troubleshooting guide.

Features

• File transfer over rsync
• Fail-safe transfer with stop/resume capability
• Multi-user support
• Multi-server support (select the target server at login)
• Realtime monitoring of source folder
• Automatic re-synchronization when folder content changes
• Transfer resume per server (unfinished transfers are tracked per server and prompted on next login)
• Dark mode with system, light, and dark theme options (persisted across sessions)
• Enter key to connect from the password field

Contributions

We welcome contributions. If you want to contribute to this project, please read our Dev documentation first.

Licensing

Scion is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause “New” or “Revised” License. See LICENSE for the full license text.