DriveSync – fast Git-styled Google Drive sync CLI
Superfast Google Drive CLI to sync files & folders - scaleninja/drivesync
DriveSync – fast Git-styled Google Drive sync CLI launched on September 8, 2026 with 24 votes, #776 of 8,094 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
In plain words
DriveSync is a command-line tool that synchronizes files between a local folder and Google Drive, similar to Git workflows. Written in Rust, it allows users to push local changes, pull remote changes, or view differences between synced locations. The tool is designed for developers and technical users who need fast, straightforward folder synchronization with Google Drive from the terminal, offering transparency through a planning step before executing changes.
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From the sources
A small, fast command-line tool that keeps a local folder and a Google Drive folder in sync. Push local changes up, pull remote changes down, or just see what differs. Written in Rust, modelled on odeke-em/drive . dsync init ~/gdrive --remote-folder backups/lab --credentials ~/Downloads/client_secret.json cd ~/gdrive dsync diff # what differs? dsync push # upload local changes (shows the plan, asks first) dsync pull # download remote changes Install Homebrew (macOS and Linux): brew install scaleninja/tap/drivesync This adds the scaleninja/tap tap, so other scaleninja tools then install with a plain brew install <name> . (If Homebrew refuses with an "untrusted tap" error, run brew trust…from github.com
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