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An Android app providing Tasker plugin actions to allow running rsync over SSH.

Tasker is a very useful and widely used automation app for Android with a plugin architecture that allows other apps (such as this one) to add extra functionality.

This app provides the following actions for use within Tasker:

• Generate Private Key - Generates a private key to use for SSH authentication
• Get Public Key - Retrieves a public key from a previously generated private key and returns it in the variable %pubkey
• rsync - Run an rsync command to synchronise files to or from the device
• dbclient - Run an SSH command non-interactively (experimental)

The packaged native binaries of Dropbear and rsync are my own builds which I keep updated with new releases.

Reasons for requested permissions:

• FOREGROUND_SERVICE
  Run actions for more than a short time when triggered from older versions of Tasker.
• FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
  (Android 14+) Run actions for more than a short time when triggered from older versions of Tasker.
• INTERNET
  Allow connecting to SSH servers (even if the SSH server is on your local network Android prevents connections without this permission).
• MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  (Android 11+) To read or write the files on your device with rsync.
• WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  (Android 10 and below) To read or write the files on your device with rsync.
• POST_NOTIFICATIONS
  Show a notification that a new version is available (if checking for updates is enabled).
• REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES
  Prompt to install an update after you have tapped on the update notification and chosen ‘Download’.

Rsync for Tasker is free to use and open source, licensed under the terms of the GPL. You can browse or download the source at the GitHub repository.

Latest News

New Release: Rsync for Tasker 0.15

• Stopped requiring a private key for the rsync action when src and dest are both local paths.
• Updated bundled rsync binary to 3.4.1.
• Updated dependencies.

For full details and to download this release, see the Rsync for Tasker page.

23 February 2025

New Release: Rsync for Tasker 0.14

• Updated bundled Dropbear binaries to 2024.86.
• Increased minSdk from 19 to 21 as the latest Jetpack libraries and NDK r26 require this. Unfortunately this means that the app now only runs on Android 5.0 and above.
• Updated dependencies.

For full details and to download this release, see the Rsync for Tasker page.

26 November 2024