Rclone, Drime CLI and WebDAV

Besides the web, desktop and mobile apps, you can reach your Drime files from the command line with rclone. The Drime CLI is no longer available, so rclone is the way to use Drime from a terminal. WebDAV is not available yet, and Drime has no S3, FTP or SFTP access.

#rclone

rclone is a free command-line program that copies and syncs files between your computer and cloud storage services. Since January 2026 (rclone version 1.73 and later), it includes an official backend for Drime, which you can use for backups, scripted syncs or day-to-day access from a terminal.

rclone signs in to Drime with an API token instead of your password. Create one first: see Create an API token.

#Add a Drime remote

These are the prompts of rclone's own setup, as its Drime documentation shows them:

1. In a terminal, run rclone config.

2. Type n for New remote, then give the remote a name, for example remote.

3. At the Storage prompt, type drime.

4. At the access_token prompt, paste your API token.

5. At Edit advanced config?, type n, then type y to keep the remote.

You can then use the remote like any other rclone remote, for example rclone ls remote: to list your files. To back up a Synology NAS on a schedule, see Back up a Synology NAS to Drime with rclone.

#Good to know

rclone's Drime documentation lists these points:

• File names can be up to 255 bytes long (in UTF-8). Names with many accented or non-Latin characters reach that limit sooner.

• Changes are detected by size. Drime does not give rclone modification times or hashes, so a sync only copies a file again when its size changed.

• Deleted files go to the trash by default. The advanced option hard_delete deletes them permanently instead.

• Workspaces: leave the advanced option workspace_id blank to use your own files, or set it to work in a workspace.

#Your Vault

rclone and the other tools you connect with an API token do not reach your Vault. Vault files are stored apart from your Drive and encrypted in your browser with a Vault Pass that Drime never has, so they are only available in Drime's own apps: the web app, Drime Desktop and the mobile apps. See What is Vault?.

#WebDAV

Drime does not offer WebDAV access yet: it is planned on the Drime roadmap. Until then, use rclone or Drime Desktop to work with your files from your computer.

#S3, FTP and SFTP

Drime has no S3, FTP or SFTP endpoint. To reach your Drime files from scripts or other tools, use rclone or the Drime API with an API token.

If a tool only speaks WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, NFS or S3, rclone can serve your Drime remote under one of these protocols on your own computer with its rclone serve command, for example rclone serve webdav remote:. It can also mount your remote as a drive with rclone mount. These are rclone features: they run on your computer, not at Drime. See rclone serve in the rclone documentation.

#Duplicati

Duplicati, a free open-source backup program, has a built-in Drime Cloud destination since its version 2.4. See Back up your computer to Drime with Duplicati.

#restic, Kopia, Borg and NAS backups

Other backup programs reach Drime through rclone, with a Drime remote set up as above. Drime doesn't support these programs itself: follow each project's documentation.

On a NAS, Synology Hyper Backup and Cloud Sync, QNAP Hybrid Backup Sync and TrueNAS Cloud Sync don't offer Drime. Run rclone on the NAS instead: see Back up a Synology NAS to Drime with rclone.

To back up a Windows computer without these programs, use Drime Desktop: see Back up folders from your computer.

#If it doesn't work

#Next steps

• Create an API token

• Back up your computer to Drime with Duplicati

• Install, update or uninstall Drime Desktop