# Proton Drive for Linux **Proton Drive on the Linux desktop.** Your files as a folder that downloads on demand, synced local folders, Photos, sharing, and a native GTK4 app with tray and search launcher, plus a scriptable CLI. [![CI](https://github.com/narrrl/proton-drive-linux/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/narrrl/proton-drive-linux/actions/workflows/ci.yml) [![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/narrrl/proton-drive-linux?sort=semver)](https://github.com/narrrl/proton-drive-linux/releases/latest) [![AUR](https://img.shields.io/aur/version/proton-drive-for-linux)](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/proton-drive-for-linux) [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](LICENSE) [![Rust 1.96+](https://img.shields.io/badge/rust-1.96%2B-orange.svg)](https://www.rust-lang.org) My files in the Proton Drive app

> [!IMPORTANT] > This is an **unofficial**, community-built client. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or > supported by Proton AG. "Proton" and "Proton Drive" are trademarks of Proton AG, used here only > to describe what the software talks to. Try it with data you have another copy of first, and > read [what survives a lost machine](docs/RECOVERY.md) before you rely on it. ## Features **Files** - **Your Drive as a folder.** `~/ProtonDrive` works with every program. Files download when they are opened, a block at a time, so a video starts playing and a large archive can be read without fetching all of it. - **Available offline.** Keep chosen files and folders fully downloaded; everything else is cached within a size limit you set. - **Synced folders.** Back up folders such as `~/Documents` under your computer in Proton Drive, as a full two-way copy or online only. Gitignore-style `.pdfsignore` rules, conflict copies instead of overwrites, pause and bandwidth limits. - **Safe writes.** Changes are staged on disk and queued before they are acknowledged, so they survive a lost connection, a crash or a reboot and upload when they can. **Desktop app** - **Browse** My files, Shared with me, Shared by me, Computers and Trash, with thumbnails (including camera RAW), drag and drop, details and **version history**. - **Photos.** Timeline with favorites, albums, and Places on a map; RAW+JPEG pairs shown as one photo; duplicate finder; slideshow; **import from Google Photos** (Takeout). - **Sharing.** Invite people as viewer, editor or admin, create public links with password and expiry, accept invitations. - **Sync overview.** What is uploading, what is waiting, what failed and why, and a history of what happened. - **Tray icon** with status, pause and quick actions, and a **search launcher** (`pdfs-prompt`) that searches Proton Drive and your home folder together, as its own window, through fuzzel, rofi or wofi, or live in `fzf`. - **Restore a computer.** Continue a backup on a new machine and bring its folders back in one step. - **Sign-in** with two-factor authentication and CAPTCHA; the session is kept in the system keyring. - Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish and Brazilian Portuguese. **Command line** - About 55 `pdfs` commands cover files, sync, sharing, Photos, Trash, versions and diagnostics. Query commands print JSON with `--json`. ## Install | Distribution | Package | |---|---| | Debian, Ubuntu 24.04 or newer | `.deb` from the [latest release](https://github.com/narrrl/proton-drive-linux/releases/latest) | | Fedora 44 or newer | `.rpm` from the [latest release](https://github.com/narrrl/proton-drive-linux/releases/latest) | | Arch Linux | [`proton-drive-for-linux`](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/proton-drive-for-linux) (also `-bin` and `-git`) in the AUR | | Anything else | [Build from source](docs/INSTALL.md#build-from-source) | ```bash sudo apt install ./proton-drive-linux_*.deb # Debian, Ubuntu sudo dnf install ./proton-drive-linux-*.rpm # Fedora paru -S proton-drive-for-linux # Arch ``` Then open **Proton Drive** from your applications menu and sign in. The app starts the background service, and your files appear in `~/ProtonDrive`. Signing in from a terminal instead? `pdfs login` stores the session but does not start the service. Enable it once: ```bash pdfs login systemctl --user enable --now proton-drive.service pdfs status ``` [docs/INSTALL.md](docs/INSTALL.md) has the requirements, optional extras (tray on GNOME, RAW and video thumbnails), headless use and uninstalling. ## Documentation | | | |---|---| | [User guide](docs/USER_GUIDE.md) | Everything the app, tray and launcher do | | [Command-line reference](docs/CLI.md) | Every `pdfs` command and scripting with `--json` | | [Configuration](docs/CONFIGURATION.md) | `config.json`, file locations, environment variables, the service | | [Troubleshooting](docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.md) | Diagnosing problems and fixing common ones | | [Recovering on a new computer](docs/RECOVERY.md) | Getting your synced folders back after a reinstall or a lost machine | | [Changelog](docs/CHANGELOG.md) | What changed in each release | For contributors: [development guide](docs/DEVELOPMENT.md), [architecture](docs/ARCHITECTURE.md), [testing](docs/TESTING.md), [translating](docs/TRANSLATING.md), [roadmap](docs/ROADMAP.md) and the [bug ledger](docs/BUGS.md). The [documentation index](docs/README.md) lists everything. ## Screenshots

_{My files}	_Photos
_{Shared with me}	_{Shared by me}
_Computers	_Sync
_{Search launcher}	_{Search launcher in fzf}
_Preferences	_{Sign in}

## How it works A background service (`proton-drive.service`, the `pdfs daemon` command) holds your session, mounts `~/ProtonDrive` through FUSE, runs the upload queue and the sync engine, and follows Proton's event stream for changes made elsewhere. The app, the tray, the launcher and the CLI are clients of that service over a local socket. Everything is end-to-end encrypted with your Proton keys before it leaves the machine, through a Rust implementation of Proton's Drive SDK. Files you open are decrypted into a local cache so programs can read them. What that means for the security of the machine is spelled out in the [threat model](docs/ARCHITECTURE.md#8-threat-model-what-this-client-writes-to-disk-in-plaintext). ## Contributing Bug reports, translations and patches are welcome. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for the workflow and the checks CI runs, and [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md) to report a vulnerability privately. ## License Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE). The Places map uses [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/) data (CC BY 4.0) and [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) outlines (public domain). The optional street map comes from [OpenFreeMap](https://openfreemap.org/), © [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) contributors. Proton Drive is a service of Proton AG. This project is an independent client and carries no affiliation with or endorsement from Proton AG.