diff --git a/src/file-viewer/rsync.ts b/src/file-viewer/rsync.ts
index 1d9d61077ff7ce14e1734fa426f620368d4c08bd..9f759a031ba4bef1ffbf6f3c24c23e5370282224 100644
--- a/src/file-viewer/rsync.ts
+++ b/src/file-viewer/rsync.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Utilities for spawning rsync and consuming its output as a `Progress`
+// Utilities for spawning rsync and consuming its output as a `progress.Node`
 // A headless parser is available with `Parse`
 
 export type Line =
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ export async function spawn(options: SpawnOptions) {
   });
   const parser = new Parse();
   let running = true;
+  let fileNode: progress.Node | null = null;
+  let fileNodeTransferNumber = 0;
 
   const stdoutSplitter = readline.createInterface({ input: proc.stdout });
   const stderrSplitter = readline.createInterface({ input: proc.stderr });
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ export async function spawn(options: SpawnOptions) {
       node.log[result.level](result.message);
     } else if (result.kind === "count") {
       if (!running) return;
-      node.text = `${title} (${result.files} files...)`;
+      node.total = result.files;
     } else if (result.kind === "progress") {
       if (!running) return;
       const {
@@ -64,17 +66,23 @@ export async function spawn(options: SpawnOptions) {
       } = result;
       node.value = transferNumber;
       node.total = totalFiles;
-      const extras = [
-        string.formatByteSize(bytesTransferred),
-        (totalFiles > filesToCheck)
-          ? `${totalFiles - filesToCheck} unchecked`
-          : null,
-        speed,
-      ].filter(Boolean).join(", ");
+      node.text = filesToCheck > 0
+        ? `${title} (${filesToCheck} left)`
+        : title;
       const fileName = currentFile.length > 20
         ? `${currentFile.slice(0, 3)}..${currentFile.slice(-15)}`
         : currentFile;
-      node.text = `${title} - ${fileName}${extras.length > 0 ? ` (${extras})` : ""}`;
+      if (!fileNode || fileNodeTransferNumber !== transferNumber) {
+        fileNode?.end();
+        fileNode = node.start(fileName, { units: "bytes" });
+        fileNodeTransferNumber = transferNumber;
+      }
+      const estimatedTotal = result.percentage > 0
+        ? Math.ceil(bytesTransferred / (result.percentage / 100))
+        : 0;
+      fileNode.text = speed ? `${fileName} (${speed})` : fileName;
+      fileNode.value = bytesTransferred;
+      fileNode.total = estimatedTotal;
     } else result satisfies never;
   };
 
@@ -83,6 +91,7 @@ export async function spawn(options: SpawnOptions) {
 
   const [code, signal] = await events.once(proc, "close");
   running = false;
+  fileNode?.end();
   if (code !== 0) {
     const fmt = code ? `code ${code}` : `signal ${signal}`;
     const e: any = new Error(`rsync failed with ${fmt}`);
@@ -119,7 +128,7 @@ export class Parse {
         totalStr,
       ] = progressMatch;
 
-      this.currentTransfer = Number(transferStr);
+      if (transferStr) this.currentTransfer = Number(transferStr);
 
       return {
         kind: "progress",
@@ -181,7 +190,6 @@ export class Parse {
 import { Path } from "#sitegen/path";
 import { UNWRAP } from "@clo/lib/assert";
 import * as progress from "@clo/lib/progress";
-import * as string from "@clo/lib/string";
 import * as child_process from "node:child_process";
 import events from "node:events";
 import * as readline from "node:readline";