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Rclone vs s3fs-fuse: catalog facts
Rclone	s3fs-fuse
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence. You still pay whatever your storage provider…	Free Free and open source; storage costs depend on your S3 provider.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
Over seventy cloud storage products behind one command syntax, including S3, Drive, Dropbox, B2 and Azure Preserves timestamps and verifies checksums at all times, and resumes interrupted transfers	Mounts S3 buckets as ordinary directories Works with existing file-based tools
Command line only; the web GUI is experimental and third party front ends vary in quality Mounting a remote as a drive needs WinFsp on Windows or FUSE on Linux and macOS	File operations are slower than on local storage Command-line setup only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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