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Elizabeth G.10
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago
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Are there "lightweight" alternative dropbox clients?

I would like to sync just a single folder to one of my PCs, and am wondering if there are any lightweight "mini" dropbox clients capable of doing that? I know I can use selective sync in the big d...
desktop
Dropbox Basic
windows
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 years ago

    Hi Elizabeth G.10, thanks for messaging the Community.

     

    Currently, there aren't any official lite versions of the Dropbox desktop application that meet your requirements

     

    There is the Dropbox for Windows S Mode app, however, it doesn't have a local Dropbox folder.

     

    I'll leave this thread open to other users with their suggestions.

Jay's avatar
Jay
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3 years ago

Hi Elizabeth G.10, thanks for messaging the Community.

 

Currently, there aren't any official lite versions of the Dropbox desktop application that meet your requirements

 

There is the Dropbox for Windows S Mode app, however, it doesn't have a local Dropbox folder.

 

I'll leave this thread open to other users with their suggestions.

  • DaniFP's avatar
    DaniFP
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    Yes, I also think it would be very useful the option of having a lightweight client available. Maybe even a command line one.

    Thanks.

  • ralphk's avatar
    ralphk
    New member | Level 1
    12 months ago

    500+ MB (that's half a GB folks) to sync data from a cloud-service. It's sad, ..., so sad. Can anybody please explain what all this code is doing?

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