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rclone

brew install rclone v1.74.3 MIT

Rsync-like command-line tool for syncing files to cloud storage services (S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, Azure, Box, etc.).

Why you might care

Rclone lets you sync, copy, and manage files across 50+ cloud backends from the shell with a single binary—no SDKs or credentials juggling. It's faster than web UIs for bulk operations, supports local-to-cloud and cloud-to-cloud transfers, and works well in scripts and CI/CD pipelines.

Categories

file-utility networking synchronization

Alternatives

aws-cli gsutil azure-cli rsync
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365-day · #313

Build dependencies

go

Links

Caveats

Homebrew's installation does not include the `mount` subcommand on macOS which depends on FUSE, use `nfsmount` instead.

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