Proton Drive Client for Linux:
Very Critical.

Thanks for combining all the issues - now can we get some action please?

Filen.io just works. Trying to use the web app in Linux is next to impossible. I decided that I wasn't going to waste a lot of time using it or waiting on a Linux client from Proton.

I considered sevaral of the other solutions available that had Linux clients. They either didn't match my minimum requirements (cross platform, open source (enough), end-to-end encrypted, etc., or when I tried them by getting monthly subscriptions and trying them, they just didn't work very well. Some were just terrible.

I finally tried Filen.io. You can mount the drive or you can sync a local folder on multiple devices. As with anything, you have to figure things out - no problem. Filen.io is quite stable and just works.

So, I've found a solution that works and that's quite reasonably priced. In fact, its seems to work better than Proton Drive on platforms that have a Proton Drive client. Would I prefer that Proton provide a Linux client? Yes. Am I going to remember that they didn't and disregarded the Linux users? Yes. Am I going to be in a hurry to switch to a Proton Drive Linux client when it becomes available? No. Am I going to consider all of this when my current Proton subscription is up for renewal? YES!

The second most voted Idea and proton dev just ignored it! Do they even care about what they're users says?? What is wrong with them!!

Moved from W10 to Arch (Garuda). Accessing everything from the web interface (download, work, re-upload) is a short term work around but I need a long term solution to keep using proton Drive.

CLI / GUI, anything?

Here are a few reasons to implement a Proton Drive Linux Client as soon as possible:

1. Linux is more committed to privacy and freedom than Windows and macOS that already have Proton Drive clients.

2. Support for Linux with RClone https://rclone.org/protondrive/

3. Projects like Celeste support Proton Drive, demonstrating that this can be done: https://github.com/hwittenborn/celeste

4. Other Proton products already work in Linux, like the Proton VPN application.

5. Customers preservation. I have been a client of Proton Drive from the start. However, I have considered using https://filen.io/ and reduce my Proton subscription. I used to recommend Proton Mail to many friends and family. Now I cannot recommend Proton products to my friends, because many of them use Linux.

6. Proton Drive is ignoring a great community. Why ignore and forget one of the biggest communities in the history of technology. What is the benefit of this?

7. Windows requirements. Windows 11 forced many users to switch to Linux, many of them in the technology sector. This can happen again?

8. Client side scanning with AI. Windows Recall, client side scanning, telemetry, etc. All this products and features affecting privacy. Linux does not affects users privacy.

If all this make sense, please explain why a Linux Client for Proton Drive is not available yet?

Ciao a tutti, I join the call to implement in Linux not only Proton Drive synchronization but all Proton applications that should be fully compatible with Linux systems especially for users who have nothing to do with Windows, Mac and Google Android operating systems anymore

Proton Drive Client for Linux, please and thank you! Very Critical.

This must be a priority. Otherwise I will need to switch to another service.

Yes, a desktop client for Linux is needed. I am a new linux user trying to migrate away from Windows. I was able to sync my old laptop with proton drive, and now I cannot since I changed to linux os.

I see that this thread was posted years ago. PLEASE PLEASE develop a proton drive desktop client for Linux

About a year ago, I switched from Tutanota and Tresorit to Proton, mainly because of the extra features it offered—like aliases, more storage, and so on. Around eight months ago, I moved to Linux, and that’s when I realized I’d made a big mistake. How can a company with such a large Linux user base not have a proper desktop app? I just can’t wrap my head around it.

After months of relying on the browser—manually downloading files and reuploading them—I’ve had enough. My subscription ends in about seven months, and after that, I’m done. It’s obvious the Linux community is big enough to justify proper support, but instead, Proton keeps rolling out features that should really be lower on the priority list.

I'm looking for a new service to subscribe to. Proton looks neat, but the total absence of Linux support is simply pathetic. That combined with the fact that the rclone folk *wanted to help* and were simply blocked by the lack of collaboration *from Proton* suggests that the problem may not really be lack of manpower (as they like to claim) but negligence and potentially even ignorance from the managers involved.

Just remember: Linux folk are usually not toddlers, we usually don't expect handholding like your average Windows or Mac user. Give us a CLI, open the API for rclone developers or talk to them to work together. You are making this way more complicated than it should.

Yes we needs <3

I'm migrating from Windows to Linux, never to return.
I'm a paying user of Proton Drive.
By October 2025, either Proton will have a Linux client for Drive, or I will no longer be a paying subscriber to Proton Drive.
It is just that simple.

"Linux Client" is definitely the top requests for your users as the next thing to get started ... so please listen to your users!

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Current standing in Votes for "ideas" in the Proton Drive category

1. "Proton Docs / collaboration suite" - 8,479 votes
This is is already started and more or less completed for the text document editing.

2. Linux Client - 3,658 votes
This has, by far, most votes of not started ideas in the Proton Drive category but feels like it's ignored by the Proton development team???
Why is that???

3. Proton Photos - 1,790 votes
This is already started and Proton Photos is already in production (even though it could be more feature rich).

4. Photo Albums, tagging, location search - 1,225 votes
Not marked as started but feels like it's interlinked with Proton Photos

As an almost linux-exclusive user, a linux client is something I really need. 3K+ votes make me wonder how important the linux community as a privacy focused users is. Got me thinking about finding an alternative to Proton Drive and cancel my subscription.

I am waiting this feature very much.

I wish I could trade my Google drive for Proton drive. But as an avid Linux user I have to rely on rclone for synchronization. And that (otherwise excellent) program does not offer sufficient stability for daily use. Not least because the developers apparently receive little to no support from the Proton team. I understand that there is a long wish list among users and I also understand that choices have to be made when you do not have enough hands for all the work. But this is a critical part for using proton drive. As far as I'm concerned, it should be at the top of your priority list by now.

Please put this feature on the priority list in the roadmap, it is the last hurdle for me to linux migration

Please give the development of this feature priority. As I'm moving away from American technology, access to Proton Drive on Linux is becoming increasingly important for me.