rclone
MIT rsync for cloud remotes — 70+ storage backends
DevOps / Storage · OSS/MIT · 60.4k
Reviewed 2026-09-13 · last push 2026-10-18 · repo checked 2026-10-19
What's Good
MIT. rclone/rclone. Go CLI: sync, copy, check, mount, and serve across 70+ backends (S3, Drive, B2, SFTP, local, …). Docs at rclone.org; source github.com/rclone/rclone. The default “move files to a remote” tool.
The Catch
Vs restic (encrypted *backup snapshots*) and Garage (self-host *S3 store*): rclone is the *sync/transfer* client, not a backup vault with client-side encryption-by-default and not an object store you run. Encryption/crypt remote is optional and easy to get wrong. You still own credentials, rate limits, and the dest bill.
Verdict
MIT cloud rsync. Free forever; sync remotes — restic if you need encrypted snapshots.
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