Home Sync

Home Sync lets your computers sync without the cloud: you run a small server on your own hardware, and your computers sync through it. Your data never leaves your network. Private details are encrypted on your computer before upload — by default with sign-in recovery, or optionally with end-to-end encryption and your encryption key.

Product overview: vetroscope.com/home-sync. The server is open source (Apache 2.0): github.com/rankin-works/vetroscope-home-sync.

What you need

• A Vetroscope license (or Pro) — Home Sync is included with the lifetime license, and trials can try it. Every syncing user needs their own license.
• Somewhere always-on to run it: a NAS (Synology, TrueNAS, Unraid), a Raspberry Pi, a home server, or a spare computer. Docker is the easiest path.

How it fits with Vetroscope Cloud

Home Sync and Vetroscope Cloud are both ways to sync — use either, or both at the same time. A Home Sync server doesn’t depend on Vetroscope’s servers at all: it doesn’t send us anything, and it keeps working even if our servers are down. It doesn’t power the web dashboard, which needs Vetroscope Cloud.

One server also supports multiple users — housemates or a small team can each have their own account on it, with their data kept separate and each protected by their own encryption key.

Setting it up

1. Run the server with Docker — on a NAS or any Docker host — or directly on a computer.
2. Grab the one-time setup code from the server logs.
3. In Vetroscope: Settings → Sync → Add sync target → Home Sync, paste your server’s address, and follow the steps.
4. Decide how you’ll reach it away from home — see Remote access and HTTPS.