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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Irfan Kanat
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Been a paying user for years, never managed to use Proton Drive because of this. I pay for google drive and would like to be able to stop doing that.
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William Buchner commented
Ps, it's funny that Proton's Luma AI states there is a linux drive desktop app. Either their AI is is not very smart, or it's telling their developers to get with the movement
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William Buchner commented
My proton teial is ending soon. I was going to subscribe but realized during trial that drive isn't supported in Linux. We are changing all our home and office computers from Microsoft to Linux. I may need to find another option for cloud, email etc.
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Roger Moergeli
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As a Proton Visionary customer who has finally turned his back on Microsoft and now only uses Ubuntu LTS, LibreOffice, etc. (at least in my private life), I would like to see Proton Drive for Linux in the near future, preferably before the end of 2026.
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T.vdR
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Really need it. Considered to get Proton Unlimited, but that blew as soon as I saw that there is no Linux version for the Cloud.
Got way to interested in the version history. So realising that it wasn't possible was an absolute down-turn.
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Dave M
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Can't really make the switch away from Google / MS to Proton without an official Proton Drive Linux client. Seems it's been an open issue for years, so please prioritise.
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Fernando Reginatto commented
Why this is taking so long?!
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Peter Passform
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I have been waiting for years now and Im getting frustrated, come on! Its inacceptable!
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protonvoter
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Linux desktop market share reached 4.7% globally in 2025, Global market share increased from 2.8% in July 2022 to approximately 4.7% by 2025.
The U.S. Digital Analytics Program reported 6% of federal website visitors running Linux as of August 2025.
3.4% of steam users use Linux according to the steam hardware survey January 2026 -
Mark Garrett
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Still no drive client yet... :(
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hon1nbo
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Business owner and personal user trying to get off of google/workspace and to non-US companies.
Lack of a linux client for a business centered around privacy and data storage under the Swiss is kind of bonkers to see, especially with the EU having a push to get off dependency on US based operating systems.The web uploaded simply isn't stable for imports of any decent volume; we tried and find that files keep going missing with no indication of failure.
At a minimum, a stable API that can be implemented like what rclone has done for Google Drive. The published API is missing features/stability that are clearly in use as has been identified by developers in the issues threads, and no documentation to explain them. The rclone implementation for Proton has been abandoned due to this.
The fact that the absolutely most upvoted feature under the drive category has been open for almost 4 years hasn't even had a "review" or "started" progress really speaks about proton as a business.
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DZFr
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I switched to Linux after the end of Windows 10 support. Then I was really surprised to see that there was no Proton Drive client available ! I really hope it will come soon and that all other Proton products will get better development on Linux in the future.
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Roberto DeDeus
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I am trying really hard to ditch Google. Having my files live on my hard drive is essential to get away from Google Drive.
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Lukas
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I just changed my OS to Linux just to find out that Proton Drive has no client! Even work arounds like rclone are not working properly. I am using proton duo with all the apps but sorry: Without Linux client I will cancel my sub soon.
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Kay
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This! Please.
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Andreas Lummerzheim commented
Yes please. That would be a very good USP.
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Anonymous
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I would love this. Please, please do this.
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Etienne
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This is the most (by far) upvoted post for Proton Drive, when will it happen ???
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TJ
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Need a good solution for proton drive on Linux!
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Ignacio
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We have a family account and are in the process of moving all our computers to Linux.
We can work around it by using Nextcloud to share files, but at that moment it won't make any sense to keep the Proton account.