rclone

rclone is ranked #5 of 105 in file transfer services on Freedom251. It runs on Android, API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

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rclone Free Free open-source project rclone.org · 30 Sept 2026

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rclone

Free plan: Yes
What it does: Rclone is a command-line program for managing files on cloud storage and offers cloud equivalents of commands such as rsync, cp, mv, mount, and ls.
Use cases: Rclone can back up and restore files, mirror or migrate data between storage services, mount storage as a disk, and combine multiple file systems.
Storage integrations: The site lists support for over 70 cloud storage products, including Amazon S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, and Backblaze B2.
Transfer integrity: Rclone checks MD5 and SHA1 hashes for file integrity, preserves timestamps, and can restart operations.
Transfer behavior: Where possible, rclone uses server-side transfers to reduce local bandwidth and transfer between providers without using local disk.
Sync modes: Rclone supports copying changed files, one-way sync, and bidirectional sync with bisync.
Mount and serve: Rclone can mount local, cloud, or virtual file systems as disks on Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD, and serve files over protocols including SFTP, HTTP, WebDAV, FTP, and DLNA.
API: Rclone can be used through its API as well as from the command line and scripts.
Encryption: The crypt remote provides client-side encryption, encrypts files before upload and decrypts them after download, and leaves data encrypted at rest in the wrapped remote.
Encryption detail: File content encryption uses NaCl SecretBox based on XSalsa20 and Poly1305; file and directory names are encrypted by default but can be left unencrypted.
Security caveat: Rclone stores the encryption password in its configuration file in lightly obscured form and recommends configuration encryption if that file cannot be kept secure.
Supported systems: The downloads page provides builds for Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Plan 9, and Solaris; Android builds are available but are not yet first-class builds.
Platform requirements: The listed minimum requirements for release v1.75.1 are Linux kernel 3.2, macOS 12 Monterey, and Windows 10 or Server 2016.
Price from: Free

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rclone.org· checked 21 Sept 2026
rclone.org/crypt/· checked 29 Sept 2026
rclone.org/downloads/· checked 29 Sept 2026
rclone.org/sponsor/· checked 30 Sept 2026