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rclone

Software Tool · Self-hosted & homelab software · 35 mentions · 5 subreddits · discussed in r/DataHoarder, r/ObsidianMD, r/homelab, r/sysadmin

Reddit take

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Pros

  • You can write an restic/rclone script to back them up regularly.
  • Something that is needed in rclone.
  • You'll need other software to manage the backups. Rclone and restic/backrest are the ones I know about.
  • And it's rclone supported so no shenanigans, use it with anything, put your own encryption in rclone, etc.
  • If you want a different lifetime plan that isn't ZK E2EE, just roll your own encryption first with like cryptomator or rclone.

Cons

  • the obvious ones for syncing (Rsync/Rclone/Syncthing)
  • Rclone is stable, well-documented, and widely used. ... The rclone project has identified known issues with Filename Encryption in certain configurations, such as when long file names are used. ... In some cases, this can prevent backup...
  • With Android you can use rclone in termux.
  • Thanks to whoever confirmed that Google Photos doesn't work anymore with rclone because Google changed their policies. So incredibly frustrating and definitely wasted hours on that crap. It's a shame that it hasn't been removed from rclo...
  • rclone won't work as Google has removed the APIs.

Sentiment

26 positive (74%) · 5 mixed (14%) · 4 negative (11%)

Trust + time weighted score: +66% · raw score 63%

What redditors said (10 of 35)

You can write an restic/rclone script to back them up regularly.
positive · u/M****c · r/DataHoarder · comment · Nov 28, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Something that is needed in rclone.
positive · u/B****d · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 20, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
You'll need other software to manage the backups. Rclone and restic/backrest are the ones I know about.
positive · u/g****g · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
And it's rclone supported so no shenanigans, use it with anything, put your own encryption in rclone, etc.
positive · u/d***0 · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
If you want a different lifetime plan that isn't ZK E2EE, just roll your own encryption first with like cryptomator or rclone.
positive · u/b****0 · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 12, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I'm using the 1TB OneDrive included as backup with rclone.
positive · u/O****t · r/homelab · comment · Dec 10, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
And rclone for the cloud services !
positive · u/N****D · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 6, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
For Google I've had good luck with rclone. Have synced a 1TB Google drive share. I've never used it for Google photos but it says it supports that too.
positive · u/v****7 · r/DataHoarder · comment · Nov 10, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Secondary backup: Offsite rotation using a couple of USB drives + cloud sync (rclone to B2).
positive · u/J****7 · r/DataHoarder · Nov 4, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I think `rclone` would be awesome for this. `rclone` can work on local and cloud services. You can mout encrypted folders in the system. It would be especially useful for people who store their notes in cloud services like Google Drive, Dropbox, etc., since the cloud services will only see encrypted files.
positive · u/c****x · r/ObsidianMD · comment · Nov 2, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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