Linux Client
Proton Drive really needs the ability to sync desktop files automatically. This post focuses on a Linux client for Proton Drive.

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MJ Kaldenberg commented
There is an inherent completeness with Google Drive. Aside from the fact Google owns it (and ALL the data in it), it otherwise is what we all hope Proton Drive will become. Hope keeps me paying my subscription.
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Romain commented
We, Linux users, need a proper Proton Drive client ! We already have a VPN one and Bridge for emails, so let's go Proton team, do it for Drive !
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denisbizzotto commented
This is absolutely critical! I don't use neither Windows nor Mac, the only reason that keeps me from replacing Dropbox with Protondrive is sync.
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Bob J commented
Ditto what Chuck Biscuits just said. Proton, help your US customers out. Things are getting too weird here. I want to move completely away from all US tech as I'm sure many more also want to do. We need a Linux client for Proton Drive. This may be a very good opportunity for Proton.
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Chuck Biscuits commented
Just repeating what everyone else is saying here.
I started moving from Gmail/OneDrive to Proton for general privacy but that has now accelerated to getting away from US tech - especially with Musk poking his nose into everything.
For that reason, I'm also moving to Linux because Windows is basically spyware now.
2x PC's migrated already, just my laptop to go - which will be done in the next few days.
Even with OneDrive, I could get automatic sync on Linux with rclone, but that's only at beta just now for ProtonDrive and I don't want to risk using it.I believe a privacy focused company should provide at least a basic client for Linux.
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Antonio Hernández Sánchez commented
Good afternoon, I am a user and I have not been able to connect with my proton address (???).
GNU/Linux users also deserve a file/folder synchronization program.
It has been many years of waiting. But as soon as possible.
If it is not done promptly, I will have to cancel part of my services with Proton, because the cost is high without having the same features as other users at the same cost.Thanks
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Suikoden commented
It’s been so long that we’ve been waiting for this, and yet despite 3 years and 3600 votes, it still hasn’t happened. Sometimes, or rather, all the time, I feel like companies don’t want Linux. By the way, did you know that Voicemod has been doing the same to us for a while now...?
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Mat commented
Yes please, I want to switch my other cloud to Proton once this feature is running!
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Martin Frauenstein commented
Please the sooner the better Please
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Sérgio Ricardo commented
Yes, necessary
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Olivier D'Ancona commented
Arch, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Opens use, RedHat, we all wait for you !
It worth mentioning there are duplicated issues, thus giving more traction to this one !
ATM I need to use Rclone to sync my protondrive but this is really temporary as I don't want to sync my files in CLI everytime.
Just makes the life of the user that supports privacy easier ! We share the same philosophy as Proton.
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Hostuu commented
I would appreciate a linux proton drive client greatly.
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spyspirit commented
Absolutely needed. I am switching to Proton, ditching Microsoft and Google completely, I need a way to easily backup Linux and to automatically backup using TrueNAS cloud backups.
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Bob J commented
Particularly in the US right now.
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Juan commented
How is it possible for a company whose business model is based on privacy and data security to make such a stupid show of contempt for the community that cares most about privacy? It is a real shot in the foot for the future of this company. Linux users are undoubtedly the most concerned about privacy and the most enthusiastic defenders of the goodness of those principles. What makes a company that wants to be truly competitive disregard such an important resource? I don't understand it.
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Oséias Cláudio Pereira dos Reis Praia commented
Proton Drive vai ser ainda melhor com um cliente Linux. É unir uma ferramenta útil com um sistema que um dos focos é privacidade. Isso tornaria as coisas muito mais seguras.
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Josh commented
I can only second what everyone here says. If there were a Linux client for Proton Drive, I would completely switch to the Proton ecosystem. I can't grasp why a privacy and open-source-minded company doesn't support Linux for all their products.
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Bob J commented
What Farran said. Perfectly stated.
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Farran commented
Hi there :) I really very much need a Linux client. Your ecosystem is excellent, but Linux support is an absolute must, and I really don't want to be paying extra money to a third party simply to get my files syncing on Linux. This is somewhat ridiculous. It is ceretainly worth considering that Linux users, as users of F/OSS, are often some of the most vocal proponents of privacy-supporting software and companies. So despite the apparently-small userbase, you are missing out on an important and noisy market sector! Additionally, if you don't provide Linux support in your sync client, then your users will be forced to not use Linux in their daily lives, and therefore your stats will rarely show you that they would be, in fact, Linux users, if they had the opportunity. A very literal selection bias!
In this current global political and big-tech-behemoth climate, there are millions of regular folk stepping onto the path to de-Google and de-corporate themselves. People are moving away from google-etc, and looking for privacy-centric solutions, open source solutions, decentralised, etc etc. You know this already. Well a lot of people are checking out Linux these days, and also a lot of die-hard gamers are transitioning to SteamOS, and some of these people will be Proton users too (haha actually SteamOS uses the other Proton for gaming compatility 😂). And, imagine if you could support the ChromeBook users who are branching out and de-Googling themselves! Wouldn't that be something.
To stage a real coup, it is VITAL that you support Linux. And we NEED this coup to dethrone the giant behemoth technocratic corporations who are currently basically controlling the world. This is no hyperbole.
Thank you for your time and your service to humanity. 🙏🙏🙏
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Joerg Kalkbrenner commented
Hello. I have a paid account with Proton since a few days and am intending to move away from Dropbox. My primary computer is running Linux. I used Dropbox to back up files but also to share folders with family and friends. I cannot understand why Proton is not offering a true bi-directional sync solution for Linux. Proton says that it is committed to freedom , opensource and security. These values are also one the main reasons why people use Linux so it seems to me self-evident that Proton should support the Linux community.