cloud storage and backup management tools
Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.
Cloud storage and backup management tools help users mount, synchronize, and organize files across diverse object storage and cloud provider endpoints. They are primarily used by developers, system administrators, and privacy-focused users seeking flexible alternatives to proprietary file-hosting platforms. Unlike standard consumer cloud drives, these solutions emphasize protocol-level control, FUSE filesystem mounting, and seamless multi-cloud synchronization.
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Pulled from real Hacker News comment threads on this niche's launches.
Members
| Name | Source | Upvotes ▼ | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead | HN | 252 | 2026-04-07 |
| ZeroFS | HN | 128 | 2026-07-02 |
| Proton Drive for Linux | HN | 120 | 2026-10-08 |
| Skymir | PH | 84 | 2026-10-10 |
| Enter Space 7 | PH | 75 | 2026-09-29 |
| Walrus Console | PH | 70 | 2026-10-07 |
| Zs3 | HN | 42 | 2025-12-29 |
| RcloneExplorer | GITHUB | 39 | 2026-10-08 |
| Widgets-Disk | GITHUB | 36 | 2026-09-29 |
| adexsnap | GITHUB | 35 | 2026-09-11 |
| teledrive | GITHUB | 34 | 2026-09-10 |
| DriveSync | HN | 24 | 2026-09-08 |
| Silo | HN | 22 | 2026-08-06 |
| Ellipticc Drive | HN | 21 | 2025-10-30 |
| aura | GITHUB | 21 | 2026-09-29 |
| rclone-drive | GITHUB | 17 | 2026-10-02 |
| taasant | GITHUB | 16 | 2026-10-05 |
| 123pan-mobile-app | GITHUB | 13 | 2026-09-20 |
| Pushduck | HN | 12 | 2026-04-14 |
| 115OpenPad | GITHUB | 12 | 2026-09-16 |
| immich-gphotos | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-09-17 |
| ZeroFS | HN | 11 | 2026-06-11 |
| CleanCloud | HN | 10 | 2026-01-12 |
| valogalo-latest-version | GITHUB | 9 | 2026-09-23 |
| Lightweight, S3-compatible object storage server with built-in web dash | HN | 7 | 2026-03-01 |
| HushOS Drive | PH | 6 | 2026-09-18 |
| Sisu | HN | 5 | 2025-12-22 |
| I Forked MinIO Object Storage and Made It Run Faster | HN | 5 | 2026-07-30 |
| Blobber | HN | 5 | 2026-01-09 |
| Skouriasmeno Papaki | HN | 5 | 2025-12-16 |
| HetGuard | HN | 5 | 2026-06-04 |
| Drive Share | PH | 3 | 2026-09-10 |
| MyFlopy | PH | 3 | 2026-10-07 |
| RcloneView | PH | 2 | 2026-10-10 |
| Record Store | PH | 2 | 2026-09-29 |
| Bucketree | PH | 2 | 2026-09-29 |
| Portabyte | PH | 2 | 2026-10-12 |
| Swarmfile | PH | 2 | 2026-10-13 |
| Exostor | PH | 2 | 2026-10-07 |
| GetFileNova | PH | 2 | 2026-09-16 |
| UMedia | PH | 2 | 2026-09-30 |
| Drive | PH | 2 | 2026-09-25 |
| DriveForge | PH | 2 | 2026-10-12 |
| MyMacVault | PH | 1 | 2026-10-07 |
| Dosya cloud storage | PH | 1 | 2026-10-05 |
| Raptyra | PH | 1 | 2026-10-04 |
| Everabyte 2.0 | PH | 1 | 2026-09-22 |
| M3ly | PH | 1 | 2026-09-09 |
| NevTan Drive | PH | 1 | 2026-10-03 |
| Pikabox | PH | 1 | 2026-10-11 |