Your photos and videos, synced straight to your own computer.
SyncTato sends your phone's photos and videos to a server running on your own computer, over your own WiFi — just open the app and tap Sync. No accounts, no subscriptions, no uploading your memories to someone else's cloud.
No cloud middleman. Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, and Linux.
How it works
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Install both ends
The app goes on your phone, the server goes on the computer you want your media backed up to.
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Pair with a code
The server shows a one-time pairing code. Enter it in the app while both are on the same WiFi network.
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Tap Sync
Open the app and tap Sync to upload anything new or changed. The transfer keeps running in the background — with a progress notification — even if you switch apps or lock your phone.
Why SyncTato
Local network only
Media travels directly between your phone and your computer. Nothing passes through a third-party server.
Encrypted connection
Your phone and your computer talk over an encrypted connection on your own WiFi — no tokens, no passwords to manage.
Reliable background transfers
Tap Sync and it keeps going even if you switch apps or lock your phone, with a notification showing progress and letting you know when it's done. No cables, no manual exporting.
Unified gallery
One merged view of every photo and video on this device and on your server, with icons showing exactly where each file lives.
Never uploads twice
Every file is recognized by its actual content, so re-pairing or reinstalling never re-sends what your computer already has.
Runs anywhere
One small, lightweight server for macOS, Windows, and Linux. On Linux it can also run headless, with no GUI, as a systemd service — including on a Raspberry Pi.
Built so you don't lose a memory
Syncing is easy. Not accidentally deleting the only copy of something irreplaceable is the hard part.
Never deletes your last copy
Before anything is deleted, SyncTato re-checks the actual file — not a cached record — to confirm a real copy exists somewhere else first. If it can't prove that, nothing is deleted; it asks you instead.
30 days to change your mind
Deleted files aren't erased right away. They're kept safely for 30 days before being permanently removed, so a mistake is never the end of the story.
Won't panic over a missing drive
If your storage drive is unplugged, swapped, or offline, SyncTato notices the difference between "disconnected" and "empty" — and refuses to touch your library rather than guess.
Catches mass deletions
If a large chunk of your library suddenly looks like it vanished — a bug, an accident, malware — sync pauses and asks before acting, instead of quietly erasing records to match.
Heals itself
If a synced file ever goes missing from your computer and your phone still has it, the next sync quietly restores it. No manual re-upload, no lost memory.
Crash-proof writes
Every save that matters completes fully or not at all. A power outage or crash mid-write can never leave you with a corrupted or half-written file.
Downloads
Grab the mobile app for your phone and the server for the computer that will store your media.
Mobile app
Desktop server
macOS
Windows
Linux
Server builds are currently unsigned — your OS may warn on first launch. See the install guide for each platform for the one-time steps to get past it.
Headless server
No display needed — runs as a background service on a home server, NAS, or Raspberry Pi.