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Sync, copy, and mount files across any cloud storage
Rclone is a command‑line utility that synchronizes, copies, and mounts files between local disks and over 200 cloud storage providers, offering encryption, compression, and multi‑threaded transfers.
Rclone is a powerful command‑line tool that lets you manage files across a vast array of cloud storage services and local filesystems. It supports more than 200 providers, from popular options like Amazon S3, Google Drive, and Dropbox to niche services such as 1Fichier and Zata.ai, enabling seamless data movement without leaving the terminal.
With multiple operation modes—copy, sync, bisync, and check—Rclone ensures data integrity using MD5/SHA‑1 hashes and preserves timestamps. Optional layers add encryption, compression, and chunking for large files, while the FUSE‑based rclone mount command exposes remote storage as a local directory. Multi‑threaded transfers boost performance, and the tool can serve files over HTTP, WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, or DLNA, making it suitable for backup, migration, and on‑demand access scenarios.
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Cross‑cloud backup
Automate daily backups of local servers to Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, or Google Cloud with encryption and integrity verification.
Provider migration
Move large data sets from Dropbox to Azure Blob Storage without intermediate downloads, preserving timestamps and metadata.
Mount remote bucket as local drive
Use `rclone mount` to expose an S3 bucket as a filesystem on Linux, enabling standard file‑system tools to operate on cloud data.
Secure file sharing
Encrypt and compress files before uploading to Mega or OneDrive, ensuring privacy while reducing transfer size.
Download the appropriate binary from rclone.org/downloads or use package managers like Homebrew, apt, or snap; then place the executable in your PATH.
Run `rclone config`, follow the interactive prompts to add a new remote, select the provider, and supply credentials.
Yes, the `crypt` remote layer encrypts files client‑side before they are sent to the underlying storage.
`copy` transfers new or changed files only, leaving extra files untouched; `sync` makes the destination identical to the source, deleting files not present in the source.
Yes, using `rclone mount` (requires FUSE) you can mount most remote types as a local directory.
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