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Mount SFTP or SMB Storage as Local Drives with RcloneView — Self-Hosted Cloud Integration

· 4 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Make your NAS, home server, or office file server behave like Google Drive: mount SFTP or SMB as a real drive letter or /Volumes path with caching, buffering, and a GUI.

SFTP and SMB are the backbone of self-hosted storage—Synology/QNAP NAS, home servers, VPSs, and corporate file servers all rely on them. But mounting them reliably across Windows, macOS, and Linux often means OS-specific quirks, fragile authentication, no caching controls, and no unified view with your clouds.

RcloneView fixes that. It wraps rclone mount into a friendly desktop app so your SFTP/SMB shares act like modern cloud drives—complete with VFS cache, thumbnail streaming, buffering tweaks, and automation.

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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Edit Cloud Video Projects with RcloneView: Mount Drives, Sync Media, and Protect Your Timeline

· 3 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Stop shuttling drives or waiting on downloads. RcloneView lets you mount cloud storage as an edit drive, keep footage mirrored across locations, and automate protection for your timeline.

Modern shoots land footage on cameras, recorders, and remote offices at once. Moving it all by hand slows editors and risks broken links. RcloneView wraps the proven rclone engine in a clean UI so you can mount clouds like local disks, stage proxies, sync deliverables, and recover quickly when something goes wrong.

Mount Box Storage as a Network Drive with RcloneView for Seamless Team Access

· 2 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Stop downloading everything from Box. Mount it as a drive, browse in Explorer or Finder.

Box is excellent for collaboration, but local sync clients can bloat disks and slow laptops. With RcloneView you can mount Box as a network drive, stream files on demand, and control cache and bandwidth so teams get fast access without full downloads.

Mount pCloud as a Local Drive on Windows & macOS with RcloneView — Access Your Files Without Syncing

· 2 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Skip full syncs. Mount pCloud as a local drive with RcloneView, browse in Explorer or Finder, and stream files on demand with tuned cache settings.

pCloud gives you flexible cloud storage, but copying everything to every machine wastes time and disk. With RcloneView you can mount pCloud like a local drive letter or volume, fetch files on demand, and keep bandwidth under control. No CLI flags to memorize; just connect, mount, and go.

Mount Amazon S3 Buckets as Local Drives with RcloneView (Windows & macOS)

· 4 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Developers search "mount S3 bucket Windows" over 22K times each month. RcloneView answers with a two-click GUI instead of a 20-flag rclone mount script.

Amazon S3 is everywhere: logs, ML artifacts, backups, and static websites. Yet the official tools make you download files manually or write custom scripts with WinFsp, macFUSE, cache flags, and watchdog daemons. RcloneView wraps the proven rclone mount engine in a desktop UI so engineers, admins, and creators can expose any bucket (or compatible service like Wasabi, R2, Backblaze B2) as a native drive on Windows or macOS.

Mount Google Drive as a Local Drive on Windows & macOS with RcloneView

· 5 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

40K+ people a month search for "mount Google Drive". RcloneView turns that CLI-heavy answer into a two-click workflow with caching, auto-start, and GUI monitoring.

rclone mount is legendary but intimidating: OAuth tokens, config passwords, WinFsp/macFUSE installs, long flag strings, and scripts to relaunch after reboot. RcloneView bundles those pieces into a desktop app so you can mount Google Drive (and any other cloud) as a real drive letter on Windows or a Finder volume on macOS, no terminal required.

Stream Cloud Movies with Plex & RcloneView — Mount Google Drive, Dropbox, or S3 as Your Library

· 5 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Out of disk? Mount your cloud as a local drive with RcloneView and let Plex stream directly from it—smoothly, reliably, and without command‑line setup.

Plex is fantastic at organizing and streaming your media, but local storage fills up fast. Meanwhile, cloud buckets—Google Drive, Dropbox, Wasabi, Cloudflare R2, S3—offer cheap, virtually unlimited space. The missing piece is a clean way to make Plex “see” those cloud folders like a local path. Rclone’s mount command solves it, and RcloneView wraps that power in a simple GUI: pick a cloud folder, choose a drive letter or mount path, enable caching, and go. No terminal, no flags to memorize.

Hybrid Cloud File Transfer Between On-Prem NAS and Public Cloud Using RcloneView

· 6 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Bridge on-prem NAS and public clouds without CLI gymnastics. RcloneView lets you add SMB/SFTP/WebDAV, open clouds side-by-side, Compare changes, mount drives, and schedule nightly syncs?so hybrid storage stays tidy and predictable.

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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Free core features. Plus automations available.