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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Elio Kuster commented
How tf is is possible that some guy can create this: `https://github.com/DonnieDice/protondrive-linux`. But the company who's user-base supposedly cares about privacy doesn't offer a proton drive linux client...
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Jeroen Sieburgh commented
It's apparent that Proton is putting a lot of work into innovative and highly important new products like, for instance, their AI-think (...Lumo). That's excellent :-) Their expanding on many fronts.
BUT by now, I have been waiting for quite some time on "Proton Drive for Linux". Maybe I can't appreciate the hurdles implementing something like this, poses to Proton. Maybe it's just too difficult.
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Ian
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This is basic functionality for a cloud drive. Embarrassing that there is no Linux client.
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martin
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it was said that a drive client would be released for linux "this summer" in their blog, and it is almost the end of 2025, a shame we've been waiting for so long with no clarity on why the delay is here :(
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tadeu
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Really, 4861 votes and Proton shows no interest? This is so ridiculous! This actually shows how much a company has an interest in its customers!
Marketing is the soul of business, but the reality of actions destroys marketing!
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tadeu
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For me and many other users who are migrating to Linux, a desktop client would be very useful, besides, honestly, in the case of Drive, a web client helps, but the daily interaction is horrible. I believe it's past Proton time to create a desktop client for Linux.
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Anonymous
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Can we get an update from Proton on this?
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Mathieu
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4,850 votes and still not begin.
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T
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what a shame, a lot of promise but little action. releasing useless new products like lumo, but can't sort out core products like proton drive for linux.
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Padriac
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Really wish they would get this done. Been a pain in my *** to do linux backup for years now
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Dave
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I see this has been requested a long time ago. I am surprised that Proton has not come up with a Linux version of this popular app. This is a real showstopper for me as I move away from Windows.
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DrPinguin
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My subscription still has time left, but if there is no working app for Linux by the end of it, I'm gone.
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RantingMute
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It's crazy to me you cranked out Ai before completing your other products Specifically Proton Drive for Linux. I am a cross platform developer myself and prefer Kubuntu over everything else out there. Plasma is the WAY. I use Rclone Browser currently and it works okay but it's tedious and ugly. I would throw money and my own labor at developing this if needed. Anything to make it happen at this point... We are all waiting in lost love of Linux land.
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Julian
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SDK rework pointing to Proton Drive for Linux was mentioned again in roadmap https://proton.me/blog/proton-2025-autumn-roadmaps
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Private User
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Another year another disappointment. I've been using proton for my business for 2 years now under the assumption that Linux support would be coming. Unfortunately, it's about time I cancelled my proton subscription and moved over to Office 365 or a service provider for Nextcloud. I had really high hopes for proton as I thought they would finally be the one to provide a decent office suite for work that supported Linux.
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Ian! D. Allen
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@Yannick Doe -- filen.io doesn't support Unix/Linux symbolic links. It copies the file the link points to; it doesn't save the link itself. Not usable for Unix/Linux cloud storage.
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Yannick Doe commented
@Jean-Claude: You can always use Filen.io.
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Laurent
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I’ll remain for another year to wait for this Linux feature—coming from the Google ecosystem, it feels like a significant regression for me. After that, I’ll evaluate other solutions for sharing my data across multiple platforms.
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Jean-Claude Barescut commented
I am waiting for this possibility. It is impossible to migrate from windows to linux if there is nothing to replace onedrive.
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OutOfTheBox
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They're working on it: 🙂
https://proton.me/blog/proton-drive-sdk-preview