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24 alternatives to Portable Apps

Portable software for USB, portable, and cloud drives

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Portable Apps launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   CleanMyDrive 2▲244

   A lightweight drive manager for Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2DA
   Drive – a tiny program to pull or push Google Drive files▲69

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3RC
   Relica – Cross-platform local, remote, and multi-cloud file backups▲132

   2018 · relicabackup.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Sunshine▲140

   Instant file sharing without cloud storage

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5LA
   Lightning – a tool for rapid filesystem navigation▲55

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   TinyStorage▲178

   A Modern GUI For S3

   2025 · tinybrief.app · its alternatives →

7. 7MA
   Marta – A fast and minimalistic file manager for macOS▲106

   2017 · marta.yanex.org · its alternatives →

8. 8BA
   Binary, a cloud development environment on the iPad▲78

   2013 · thebinaryapp.com · its alternatives →

9. 9FI
   File.io – Ephemeral file sharing▲155

   2015 · file.io · its alternatives →

10. 10HA
    HoRNDIS - an Android USB tethering driver for Mac OS X▲72

    2012 · joshuawise.com · its alternatives →

11. 11PS
    Personal Storage System with a PI▲108

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12OA
    One Adaptive API for Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive▲71

    2014 · cloud-rail.com · its alternatives →

13. 13SA
    StorageTrac – An external storage tracking app for Android▲7

    2014 · nma83.github.io · its alternatives →

14. 14QB
    Quick-Back, a POSIX compliant, rsync based system backup tool▲22

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15OS
    ObjectiveFS – Shared file system for EC2 and laptop▲27

    2015 · objectivefs.com · its alternatives →

16. 16TA
    Truck.app – an rsync client for Mac▲33

    2018 · bonhardcomputing.com · its alternatives →

17. 17AT
    A tool for painless automated backups▲22

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18FA
    FSSB – A filesystem sandbox for Linux▲43

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19CA
    Coinboot – a framework for diskless computing▲49

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20MA
    Minimalist App for Backups to Any Storage (Now FOSS)▲5

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21MS
    Minio – S3 Compatible Object Storage▲49

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22MF
    Mementō – File browser for local and cloud storage▲5

    2023 · ionspin.com · its alternatives →

23. 23MA
    Mobile Apps Library▲9

    2019 · apps.pixsellz.io · its alternatives →

24. 24CU
    CloudRail- Unified Cloud Storage API Extended by OneDrive for Business▲21

    2016 · cloudrail.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →