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Serve Cloud Storage as WebDAV or HTTP with RcloneView

· 5 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

RcloneView can expose any cloud storage provider as a local WebDAV or HTTP server. Any app that supports WebDAV — file managers, DAM tools, creative apps, mobile clients — can then read and write cloud files directly.

Mounting a cloud drive with rclone's VFS layer is the most common way to expose cloud storage locally. But some scenarios call for a different approach: a WebDAV server that applications can connect to over the network, a plain HTTP server for serving files to a browser, or a lightweight way to access cloud storage from a device that can't mount FUSE drives. Rclone's serve command handles all of these — and RcloneView gives you access to it through the terminal and job interface.

RcloneView app preview

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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Bisync Bidirectional Sync — Two-Way Cloud Synchronization in RcloneView

· 4 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Bisync propagates changes in both directions, keeping your local files and cloud storage perfectly mirrored without overwriting either side.

Standard sync operations are one-directional: they make the destination match the source, deleting anything at the destination that does not exist at the source. Bisync works differently. It tracks changes on both sides since the last run and propagates additions, modifications, and deletions in both directions. RcloneView exposes rclone's bisync feature through its graphical interface, making two-way cloud synchronization accessible without writing command-line scripts.

RcloneView app preview

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.

Serve Remote via HTTP and WebDAV — Share Cloud Files with RcloneView

· 5 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Turn any cloud storage remote into a local HTTP or WebDAV server and access your files from browsers, file managers, and media players.

Rclone's serve functionality lets you expose a cloud storage remote as a local network service. RcloneView makes this feature accessible through its GUI, allowing you to spin up an HTTP or WebDAV server for any configured remote with a few clicks. This opens up powerful workflows: browse S3 buckets in a web browser, mount Google Drive on devices that lack native support, or stream media files from Wasabi directly to a video player.

RcloneView app preview

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.

Backup, Restore, and Migrate RcloneView Configuration — Complete Guide

· 4 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Your RcloneView configuration contains valuable cloud storage connections and job settings. Protect this investment by backing up your configuration and restoring it quickly when needed.

RcloneView stores all your cloud storage connections, authentication credentials, and job configurations in a centralized settings file. Losing this configuration after a system failure, hardware failure, or during migration to new hardware means recreating all connections and jobs from scratch. RcloneView's configuration backup and restore features ensure you never lose your setup, and migration between machines becomes effortless.

RcloneView app preview

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.

Log and Debug Cloud Transfers — Troubleshoot Issues in RcloneView

· 4 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Transfer failures frustrate users, but mysterious error messages frustrate them more. RcloneView's comprehensive logging and debug features reveal exactly what went wrong and how to fix it.

A file transfer stops midway with a cryptic timeout message. A sync job reports success but files remain out of sync. Your scheduled backup missed its window silently. Without visibility into what actually happened, troubleshooting becomes guesswork. RcloneView's logging and debug capabilities transform opacity into clarity, showing you exactly which files succeeded, which failed, and precisely why.

RcloneView app preview

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.

VFS Cache — Boost Mount Performance for Cloud Drives in RcloneView

· 4 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Mounted cloud drives feel slow by default—VFS caching in RcloneView trades disk space for speed, letting you work at local drive speeds.

When you mount a cloud drive (Google Drive, Dropbox, AWS S3) through RcloneView, every file access hits the network. This works but feels sluggish—opening a document takes a second or two, listing folders stalls, and reading files feels bottlenecked. VFS cache solves this by caching frequently accessed files locally.

RcloneView app preview

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.

Alias Remote — Create Shortcuts to Deep Cloud Folders with RcloneView

· 2 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Tired of navigating through countless folders to reach your most-used cloud directories? Create shortcuts with alias remotes and access them instantly.

Cloud storage hierarchies can grow unwieldy. Finding that deeply nested project folder or shared team directory requires multiple clicks. Rclone's alias remote feature solves this by creating shortcuts—aliases—that point directly to specific folders.

RcloneView app preview

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.

Union Remote — Combine Multiple Free Cloud Accounts into One Giant Storage Pool with RcloneView

· 3 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

15 GB from Google. 5 GB from OneDrive. 2 GB from Dropbox. 1 TB from Terabox. Individually they're small. Combined into a union remote, they're a free multi-terabyte storage pool.

Most cloud providers offer free storage tiers, but individually they're too small for serious use. Rclone's union remote merges multiple storage locations into a single virtual filesystem. RcloneView lets you set this up visually and then browse, sync, and manage the combined pool as if it were one giant drive.

RcloneView app preview

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.

Chunker Remote — Split Large Files for Cloud Providers with Size Limits in RcloneView

· 3 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Your video file is 15 GB. Your cloud provider's upload limit is 5 GB. Instead of re-encoding the video or finding another provider, the chunker remote splits it automatically.

Some cloud storage providers impose maximum file size limits. Google Drive caps at 5 TB (rarely an issue), but other providers — especially free tiers, WebDAV endpoints, and some S3-compatible services — have much lower limits. Rclone's chunker remote solves this by transparently splitting large files into chunks for upload and reassembling them on download.

RcloneView app preview

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.

Compress Remote — Reduce Cloud Backup Size Automatically in RcloneView

· 3 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Your 500 GB backup could be 300 GB with compression. The compress remote wraps any cloud provider with automatic gzip compression — smaller backups, lower costs, same data.

Cloud storage costs scale with size. If you can reduce the size of your backups by 30-60%, you save that much on storage bills every month. Rclone's compress remote provides transparent compression — files are compressed before upload and decompressed on download, with no manual steps required. RcloneView lets you set this up visually and manage compressed backups alongside your other cloud accounts.

RcloneView app preview

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.