Cloud Storage
1 open source tools compared. Sorted by stars — scroll down for our analysis.
| Tool | Stars | Velocity | Language | License | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rclone rsync for cloud storage — 70+ backends | 56.3k | — | Go | MIT License | 82 |
Our Analysis
If you need to move files between cloud storage providers — S3 to Google Drive, Backblaze to Dropbox, or any combination of 70+ backends — Rclone is rsync for the cloud. One CLI tool that speaks every cloud storage API. 56.3K stars, MIT license, Go. The backend list is absurd: AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Backblaze B2, Azure Blob, SFTP, FTP, and dozens more. Sync, copy, move, mount (as a local filesystem), serve (as HTTP/WebDAV/FTP), encrypt, and deduplicate. It does everything. Fully free. No paid tier, no premium backends, no hosted service. Every feature, every backend, every operation — $0. You pay your cloud storage provider, not Rclone. Solo developers: use it to sync your projects to S3, mount Google Drive on your Linux server, or migrate between providers. Small teams: automate backups in CI. Medium to large: build cloud storage workflows — Rclone handles the plumbing. The catch: it's CLI-only (there's a web GUI but it's basic). The number of flags and options is overwhelming — `rclone --help` is a novel. Getting the right combination for your specific sync scenario takes trial and error. And mounting cloud storage as a local filesystem works but performance depends entirely on your internet connection and the provider's API latency. Don't expect local disk speeds.