MalibuMesh synchronizes production folders directly between team members — without cloud upload, without a shared server. Project-based: one invite, all folders, roles per person.
P2P · Syncthing engine · Project layer · No cloud upload · Roles + permissions
Create a project, add folders — regardless of where they live on the external drive.
One-time pairing ID via iMessage or Slack. No account, no login, no cloud registration.
The other team member selects a local destination path per folder. Everyone can name and place their folders differently.
P2P directly between Macs. No cloud server. Throughput visible in the menu status. Green badge when everything is in sync.
Syncthing is powerful but technical. MalibuMesh adds a project layer on top: one invite, all folders, roles per person — no terminal, no config files.
Multiple folders belong to the same project. One invite syncs them all — regardless of where the folders live on each person's Mac. No manual folder-by-folder setup.
Editor, Viewer, Receive-Only — configurable per person and per folder. The VFX supervisor sees only FX_Shots, the sound designer only the audio folders.
Files go directly from Mac to Mac — P2P. No Dropbox server, no AWS bucket. Footage stays in the production infrastructure. Even with 100 GB of raw material.
An optional always-on node — e.g. a NAS or VPS — keeps files available even when the main Mac is offline. Like your own mini cloud server, but P2P.
Green checkmark when everything is in sync. Running throughput and sync progress directly in the menu bar item — no window to open, no web interface.
When a folder is added to the project, all other team members get a prompt: "New folder — where?" No manual re-invite, no config change.
Syncthing and Resilio require a separate invite for each folder. With MalibuMesh you invite a person to the project — and all folders are shared in one step.
Resilio Sync Pro is subscription-based. Dropbox uploads to third-party servers. MalibuMesh uses an open-source engine, runs entirely locally, and needs no paid service.
Production folders are large, distributed, and complex. MalibuMesh understands that: folders can live on different external drives, roles differ per project phase.
Syncthing runs in a browser interface. MalibuMesh is a native macOS app with a sidebar, menu bar item, and project view — exactly how Mac users expect it.