rclone/docs/content/about.md

---
title: "Rclone"
description: "rclone syncs files to and from Google Drive, S3, Swift, Cloudfiles, Dropbox, Google Cloud Storage and Amazon Drive."
type: page
date: "2015-09-06"
groups: ["about"]
---

Rclone
======

[![Logo](/img/rclone-120x120.png)](https://rclone.org/)

Rclone is a command line program to sync files and directories to and from

  * Google Drive
  * Amazon S3
  * Openstack Swift / Rackspace cloud files / Memset Memstore
  * Dropbox
  * Google Cloud Storage
  * Amazon Drive
  * Microsoft OneDrive
  * Hubic
  * Backblaze B2
  * Yandex Disk
  * SFTP
  * FTP
  * HTTP
  * The local filesystem

Features

  * MD5/SHA1 hashes checked at all times for file integrity
  * Timestamps preserved on files
  * Partial syncs supported on a whole file basis
  * [Copy](/commands/rclone_copy/) mode to just copy new/changed files
  * [Sync](/commands/rclone_sync/) (one way) mode to make a directory identical
  * [Check](/commands/rclone_check/) mode to check for file hash equality
  * Can sync to and from network, eg two different cloud accounts
  * Optional encryption ([Crypt](/crypt/))
  * Optional FUSE mount ([rclone mount](/commands/rclone_mount/))

Links

  * <i class="fa fa-home"></i> [Home page](https://rclone.org/)
  * <i class="fa fa-github"></i> [Github project page for source and bug tracker](https://github.com/ncw/rclone)
  * <i class="fa fa-comments"></i> [Rclone Forum](https://forum.rclone.org)
  * <i class="fa fa-google-plus"></i> <a href="https://google.com/+RcloneOrg" rel="publisher">Google+ page</a>
  * <i class="fa fa-cloud-download"></i>[Downloads](/downloads/)
rclone.org: website, docs and graphics 2014-03-28 22:34:13 +00:00			`---`
			`title: "Rclone"`
Rename Amazon Cloud Drive to Amazon Drive - fixes #532 2016-07-11 11:42:44 +00:00			`description: "rclone syncs files to and from Google Drive, S3, Swift, Cloudfiles, Dropbox, Google Cloud Storage and Amazon Drive."`
rclone.org: website, docs and graphics 2014-03-28 22:34:13 +00:00			`type: page`
Implement Amazon Cloud Drive - fixes #45 * Optional interfaces Copier, Mover, DirMover not done 2015-09-02 22:37:42 +00:00			`date: "2015-09-06"`
rclone.org: website, docs and graphics 2014-03-28 22:34:13 +00:00			`groups: ["about"]`
			`---`

			`Rclone`
			`======`

Update urls to https after site move 2017-03-29 09:06:22 +00:00			`[![Logo](/img/rclone-120x120.png)](https://rclone.org/)`
rclone.org: website, docs and graphics 2014-03-28 22:34:13 +00:00
Documentation updates 2014-04-26 16:43:41 +00:00			`Rclone is a command line program to sync files and directories to and from`
rclone.org: website, docs and graphics 2014-03-28 22:34:13 +00:00
			`* Google Drive`
			`* Amazon S3`
			`* Openstack Swift / Rackspace cloud files / Memset Memstore`
Update docs for Dropbox and Google Cloud Storage 2014-07-17 19:03:11 +00:00			`* Dropbox`
			`* Google Cloud Storage`
Rename Amazon Cloud Drive to Amazon Drive - fixes #532 2016-07-11 11:42:44 +00:00			`* Amazon Drive`
OneDrive vs One Drive It's better to call this service as it's officially named. 2017-03-08 11:21:57 +00:00			`* Microsoft OneDrive`
Implement Hubic storage system - fixes #200 2015-11-08 15:29:58 +00:00			`* Hubic`
Implement Backblaze B2 - fixes #224 2015-11-27 18:25:52 +00:00			`* Backblaze B2`
Docs for Yandex 2015-12-30 12:45:43 +00:00			`* Yandex Disk`
Complete SFTP remote #521 * Add unit tests * Fix up remote so it passes tests * Add docs 2017-01-31 20:34:11 +00:00			`* SFTP`
Add ftp backend - fixes #540 2016-12-27 20:52:30 +00:00			`* FTP`
http: fix, tidy and rework ready for release * Fix remaining problems * Refactor to make testing easier and add a test suite * Make path parsing more robust. * Add single file operations * Add MimeType reading for objects * Add documentation * Note go1.7+ is required to build 2017-06-19 16:36:14 +00:00			`* HTTP`
ftp: fix remaining issues to make tests work * fix root * factor ftpConnection * fix path munging * fix recursive dir loops after update * use fs.Trace and comment out debugs * re-arrange and supplement docs 2017-05-03 20:45:01 +00:00			`* The local filesystem`
rclone.org: website, docs and graphics 2014-03-28 22:34:13 +00:00
			`Features`

Update information on revised hash functionality. 2016-01-13 10:29:43 +00:00			`* MD5/SHA1 hashes checked at all times for file integrity`
rclone.org: website, docs and graphics 2014-03-28 22:34:13 +00:00			`* Timestamps preserved on files`
			`* Partial syncs supported on a whole file basis`
Add crypt to the docs index plus a few docs tweaks 2016-08-24 22:48:37 +00:00			`* [Copy](/commands/rclone_copy/) mode to just copy new/changed files`
			`* [Sync](/commands/rclone_sync/) (one way) mode to make a directory identical`
			`* [Check](/commands/rclone_check/) mode to check for file hash equality`
Update information on revised hash functionality. 2016-01-13 10:29:43 +00:00			`* Can sync to and from network, eg two different cloud accounts`
Add crypt to the docs index plus a few docs tweaks 2016-08-24 22:48:37 +00:00			`* Optional encryption ([Crypt](/crypt/))`
			`* Optional FUSE mount ([rclone mount](/commands/rclone_mount/))`
rclone.org: website, docs and graphics 2014-03-28 22:34:13 +00:00
			`Links`

Update urls to https after site move 2017-03-29 09:06:22 +00:00			`* <i class="fa fa-home"></i> [Home page](https://rclone.org/)`
			`* <i class="fa fa-github"></i> [Github project page for source and bug tracker](https://github.com/ncw/rclone)`
Add links to the forum in the main pages 2016-12-08 10:41:55 +00:00			`* <i class="fa fa-comments"></i> [Rclone Forum](https://forum.rclone.org)`
			`* <i class="fa fa-google-plus"></i> <a href="https://google.com/+RcloneOrg" rel="publisher">Google+ page</a>`
Website tweaks: More stuff in footer, icons on front page 2014-05-18 11:57:39 +00:00			`* <i class="fa fa-cloud-download"></i>[Downloads](/downloads/)`