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Turn RcloneView into a Discord chatops console: get job alerts, list jobs, and start or stop them from Discord without opening your PC.

With Discord Remote Control, RcloneView sends job start, complete, and error alerts to you and accepts simple commands to run or stop jobs. It is perfect for long backups, overnight syncs, or remote servers where you still want fast control via Discord on desktop or mobile.

Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

• One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
• Schedulers & history for reliable automation
• Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more

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What you can do from Discord​

• Real-time Notifications: Get alerted immediately when a job starts, completes, or encounters an error.
• List Jobs: View all your registered RcloneView jobs in a clean list.
• Remote Job Control: Start jobs by name or by index (#N), or stop them instantly.
• On-demand Status: Check progress, transfer speed, and estimated time remaining anytime.

Note: RcloneView must be running on your PC or server to process Discord commands.

Prerequisites​

• RcloneView installed and running (Desktop or Headless).
• A Discord account.
• A Discord server where you can install a bot (Guild Install).
• Internet connectivity.

Step 1: Create your Discord Application and Bot​

For maximum security, RcloneView uses a “bring your own bot” approach. Your data goes straight between RcloneView and Discord—no third-party relay.

1. Go to the Discord Developer Portal and click New Application. Name it (e.g., RcloneView).
2. Open Installation, choose Guild Install as the Installation Context (turn off User Install if enabled), and save.
3. Go to the Bot tab, click Add Bot, then copy or reset to get your Discord Bot Token. Keep it secret.
4. If you plan to send plain text commands (not only slash commands), enable MESSAGE CONTENT INTENT in the Bot tab so RcloneView can read command text.

Step 2: Create a Server and Install the Bot​

To use the bot, you need a Discord server (also called a "Guild") where the bot can live. If you don't have a private server for your RcloneView logs, follow the steps below.

Step 2-1 Create a New Discord Server​

1. Open your Discord app (Desktop or Web).
2. Click the plus (+) icon (Add a Server) at the bottom of your server list on the left.
3. Select Create My Own.
4. Choose For me and my friends.
5. Give your server a name (e.g., RcloneView Control Center) and click Create.

Step 2-2 Install the Bot to Your Server​

1. Go back to the Discord Developer Portal.
2. Open OAuth2 > URL Generator.
3. Select scopes: bot and applications.commands.
4. In Bot Permissions, select Send Messages, Use Slash Commands, and Attach Files (if you want to receive log files).
5. Copy the generated URL at the bottom and paste it into your browser.
6. Select the server you just created (e.g., RcloneView Control Center) and click Authorize.

Step 3: Collect the Values RcloneView Needs​

• Discord Bot Token: From the Bot tab (Step 1-3).
• Discord Application ID: From General Information in the Developer Portal.
• My Discord User ID (Snowflake): A long numeric ID that uniquely identifies you.

How to get your Discord User ID​

1. In Discord (Desktop or Web), open User Settings (⚙️).
2. Go to Advanced and toggle Developer Mode on.
3. Right-click your profile picture or username (bottom left or in a member list) and choose Copy User ID. Save the number (example: 123456789012345678).

Why is this ID needed?

• Security: Only commands from your account are processed by the app.
• Direct Notifications: The bot knows exactly which user to DM when a job starts or fails.

Step 4: Enable Discord Control in RcloneView​

1. Open RcloneView and go to Settings -> Interfaces & Notifications.
2. Turn on the Discord Remote Control switch.
3. Enter your Discord Bot Token, Discord Application ID, and My Discord User ID in the fields.
4. Click Send Test Message to verify that you receive a DM from the bot.

⌨️ Command Guide (ChatOps)​

Send commands to the bot (DM is recommended for privacy; channels also work if the bot has access):

• /help — Show all available commands.
• /joblist — List all registered jobs for the current connection.
• /start <jobName> — Start a job by its exact name.
• /start #<number> — Start a job using its index from /joblist (e.g., /start #1).
• /stop <JobId> — Stop a running job using its Job ID.
• /jobstatus <JobId> — Check real-time progress and statistics for a specific job.

Security and Management Tips​

• User Identification: Only the configured Discord User ID is authorized to execute commands.
• Token Safety: Treat your Bot Token and Application ID like passwords. Reset them if exposed.
• Online Status: If RcloneView is not running, the Discord bot will not respond to commands.

Related Resources​

• RcloneView Basic Guide
• Job Scheduling and Automation
• Real-time Transfer Monitoring

Wrap-up​

Discord turns RcloneView into a mobile command center: you stay notified, you can start or stop jobs instantly, and you respond faster to failures. Set it up once, keep the tokens safe, and manage your cloud automation with confidence even when you are away from your desk.

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Turn RcloneView into a chatops console: get job alerts, list jobs, and start or stop them from Slack, even when you are away from your PC.

With Slack Remote Control, RcloneView sends job start, complete, and error alerts to your phone and accepts simple slash commands to run or stop jobs. It is perfect for long backups, overnight syncs, or remote servers where you still want quick control via mobile.

Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

• One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
• Schedulers & history for reliable automation
• Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more

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Get Started Free →

Free core features. Plus automations available.

What you can do from Slack​

• Real-time Notifications: Get alerted immediately when a job starts, completes, or encounters an error.
• List Jobs: View all your registered RcloneView jobs in a clean list.
• Remote Job Control: Start jobs by name or by index (#N), or stop them instantly.
• On-demand Status: Check progress, transfer speed, and estimated time remaining anytime.

Note: RcloneView must be running on your PC or server to process Slack commands.

Prerequisites​

• RcloneView installed and running (Desktop or Headless).
• A Slack account and your own workspace.
• Internet connectivity.

Step 1: Create your Slack App (Using Manifest)​

For maximum security, RcloneView uses a "private app" approach where you create your own bot. This ensures your data never passes through any third-party servers—it goes directly from your PC to Slack.

1. Go to the Slack API Dashboard and click [Create New App].

2. Select [From a manifest].

3. Select the Workspace where you want to install the app and click [Next].

4. Select the [JSON] tab, delete the existing content, and paste the code below:

{
    "display_information": {
        "name": "RcloneView",
        "description": "Effortlessly browse, organize, transfer files across your cloud storages.",
        "background_color": "#3f2f3f"
    },
    "features": {
        "bot_user": {
            "display_name": "RcloneView",
            "always_online": false
        },
        "slash_commands": [
            {
                "command": "/help",
                "description": "Show all commands",
                "should_escape": false
            },
            {
                "command": "/joblist",
                "description": "List jobs",
                "should_escape": false
            },
            {
                "command": "/start",
                "description": "Start a job (Enter number or name)",
                "usage_hint": "<#number> or <jobName>",
                "should_escape": false
            },
            {
                "command": "/stop",
                "description": "Stop a running job by JobId",
                "usage_hint": "<JobId>",
                "should_escape": false
            },
            {
                "command": "/jobstatus",
                "description": "Check status by JobId",
                "usage_hint": "<JobId>",
                "should_escape": false
            }
        ]
    },
    "oauth_config": {
        "scopes": {
            "bot": [
                "commands",
                "chat:write",
                "chat:write.public",
                "im:write",
                "app_mentions:read",
                "files:write"
            ]
        }
    },
    "settings": {
        "interactivity": {
            "is_enabled": true
        },
        "org_deploy_enabled": false,
        "socket_mode_enabled": true,
        "token_rotation_enabled": false
    }
}

5. Click [Next], then click [Create] to finish creating your app.

Step 2: Get your Tokens​

You need two types of tokens for RcloneView setup. Treat these like passwords and never share them with others.

① Get the App Token (For Socket Mode)​

1. In the left menu, go to [Basic Information].
2. Scroll down to the [App-Level Tokens] section and click [Generate Token and Scopes].
3. Set the name to RcloneView, click [Add Scope], select connections:write, and then click [Generate].
4. Copy the token starting with xapp-... and save it.

② Get the Bot Token (For Messaging)​

1. In the left menu, go to [Install App].
2. Click the green [Install to Workspace] button and click [Allow].
3. Copy the Bot User OAuth Token starting with xoxb-... and save it.

Step 3: Enable Messages Tab​

1. Click App Home in the left menu.
2. Turn on Messages Tab
3. Check Allow users to send Slash commands and messages from the messages tab

This will allow you to send slash commands to your bot directly.

Step 4: Find your Member ID​

The bot needs your unique ID to know which user to send notifications (DM) to.

1. Open your Slack app, click your profile picture, and select [Profile].
2. Click the [More (···)] button.
3. Select [Copy member ID] at the bottom of the menu. (Example: U1234567890)

Step 5: Enable Slack Control in RcloneView​

1. Open RcloneView and go to Settings -> Interfaces & Notifications.
2. Turn on the Slack Remote Control switch.
3. Enter your App Token, Bot Token, and Member ID in the respective fields.
4. Click [Send Test Message] to verify that you receive a message on your phone.

⌨️ Command Guide (ChatOps)​

Type these commands in any chat where the bot is present:

• /help - Show all available commands.
• /joblist - List all registered jobs for the current connection.
• /start <jobName> - Start a job by its exact name.
• /start #<number> - Start a job using its index from /joblist (e.g., /start #1).
• /stop <JobId> - Stop a running job using its Job ID.
• /jobstatus <JobId> - Check real-time progress and statistics for a specific job.

Security and Management Tips​

• User Identification: Only the configured Member ID is authorized to execute commands.
• Token Rotation: If your tokens are ever exposed, go to the Slack API page and click Regenerate immediately.
• Offline Status: If RcloneView is not running, the Slack bot will not respond to commands.

Related Resources​

• RcloneView Basic Guide
• Job Scheduling and Automation
• Real-time Transfer Monitoring

Wrap-up​

Telegram turns RcloneView into a mobile command center: you stay notified, you can start or stop jobs instantly, and you respond faster to failures. Set it up once, keep the tokens safe, and manage your cloud automation with confidence even when you are away from your desk.

Supported Cloud Providers

View All Providers →

Connect Your Clouds →

Move terabytes of training data from local workstations or NAS into cloud buckets (S3, R2, HuggingFace Datasets, GCS) with GUI-based jobs, checksum validation, and scheduled deltas.

AI teams need fast, reliable ingestion into object storage. RcloneView wraps rclone’s performance flags, checksums, and retries in a visual workflow so you can ship data to your bucket once, keep it consistent with deltas, and avoid command-line fragility.

Turn RcloneView into a chatops console: get job alerts, list jobs, and start or stop them from Telegram, even when you are away from your PC.

With Telegram Remote Control, RcloneView sends job start, complete, and error alerts to your phone and accepts simple chat commands to run or stop jobs. It is perfect for long backups, overnight syncs, or headless servers where you still want quick control.

Every examination demands a replay of who touched which file, when it changed, and where the latest copy lives today.

Financial, healthcare, broadcast, and legal teams live and die by audit-ready evidence. Regulators expect journaled copies of SaaS activity with immutable retention, but native tools rarely scale across tenants, regions, or complex folder trees. RcloneView layers a visual workflow on top of rclone so you can capture every mutation across Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Dropbox, Box, S3, Wasabi, or on-prem shares without writing scripts.

With multi-cloud Explorer panes, Compare previews, Sync/Copy/Mount templates, and a reliable scheduler, you can build an always-on journal that feeds warm storage for restores and cold storage for legal holds using the same declarative job.

Stop babysitting MEGA exports and Google Drive uploads; let RcloneView's scheduler clock in every time.

SEO tools show that the demand for MEGA -> Google Drive workflows keeps climbing, yet most tutorials still stop at manual drag-and-drop:

• mega to google drive -- 30K+ monthly searches
• transfer mega to google drive -- 14K+ monthly searches
• mega backup google drive -- 8K+ monthly searches

This guide adds the missing automation layer. You will connect MEGA and Google Drive once inside RcloneView, design a repeatable copy or sync plan, and hand it off to the Scheduler so backups run even when you're offline.

Skip the download/re-upload grind. RcloneView lets you drag and drop, compare, sync, and schedule pCloud ↔ Google Drive transfers in a guided GUI?no CLI required.

Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

• One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
• Schedulers & history for reliable automation
• Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more

WindowsmacOSLinux

Get Started Free →

Free core features. Plus automations available.

Turn nightly backups into a set-and-forget workflow with RcloneView’s scheduler and visual job controls.

Why automated cloud backup converts​

“Automated cloud backup” is one of the highest-intent search terms for storage tools. Teams want:

• Predictable recovery points without manual starts.
• Multi-cloud safety—copy data to S3, Wasabi, Cloudflare R2, or B2.
• Auditable history to prove compliance.
• GUI-first control so ops and non-CLI teammates can manage schedules.

RcloneView rides on the rclone engine but wraps it with Jobs, Compare, and scheduling so you can automate backups visually.

Reliable backups only matter when they run every day. RcloneView’s scheduler makes it effortless.

Manual cloud backups rarely happen on time—someone forgets, a laptop is asleep, or a cron task silently fails. Meanwhile, ransomware, accidental deletions, or a lost laptop can wipe out weeks of work. Whether you’re protecting family photos on Google Drive, engineering assets on OneDrive, Dropbox collaboration folders, or archives in S3/Wasabi/R2, you need a consistent daily run. RcloneView layers a friendly GUI over rclone’s proven engine, so you can design backup jobs and let the scheduler fire automatically without touching scripts.

One pane, all your clouds. RcloneView turns multi-account chaos into a single dashboard for browsing, syncing, comparing, and scheduling jobs.

Most of us juggle at least two clouds. Personal Google Drive, work OneDrive, a shared Dropbox, maybe S3/Wasabi/R2 for archives. Each has different UIs, quotas, and quirks. Moving folders between them usually means manual downloads, re-uploads, or juggling multiple browser tabs. RcloneView fixes that by layering a modern GUI over rclone’s 70+ backends so every account feels like part of one workspace.