Purpose: Cloud Drive client (and FTP, etc)
Country: Switzerland
Cost: Freeware
Open Source: Yes...
Cyberduck is a must have, if you use Cryptomator and cloud drives. Why ? Because Cryptomator encrypts your data into a synchronizeable local folder, while your typical sync client (One Drive, Google Drive, Cloudbox, etc) takes care of sending your encrypted data to the cloud storage.
That's all very nice but...how do you access your data in the Cloud ? If you are on an Android, your Cryptomator will provide decryption for e.g. watching multimedia remotely.
But if you're on a desktop, you're stuck. Well, not really, because that's what Cyberduck is for. You can read/write your cloud data as if it was decrypted, WITHOUT having to copy it to the local storage space. The tool will decrypt/encrypt on the fly, (supposedly) using Cryptmator libs.
When you want to retrieve data from a large storage, that's very handy. You only download exactly what you need, not the whole encrypted stuff, only to get a few files.
What you don't get is synchronization between a local set of data and the cloud set of data, because you can't access it from Explorer, only from the Cyberduck client.
When you want to retrieve data from a large storage, that's very handy. You only download exactly what you need, not the whole encrypted stuff, only to get a few files.
What you don't get is synchronization between a local set of data and the cloud set of data, because you can't access it from Explorer, only from the Cyberduck client.
Of course, ideally, you would mount your CLOUD drive as if it was a local drive. And yes, Duck does it too, but then it's no longer Freeware. That's Mountain Duck (https://mountainduck.io/), the elder brother of Cyberduck. It's not a huge price, only 39USD. But still, no longer free.
For me, Cyberduck is enough for now.
Btw, there is also an alternative to SyncClient+Cryptomator+Cyberduck .
It's Odrive (https://www.odrive.com/).
I haven't used it yet, so I can't talk a lot about it, but ideally, it integrates all your cloud services/accounts into a single drive space, encryptable, and you mount it as a Cloud Drive, locally. And you just use it within Explorer, as if it was local. Seems like the best of worlds...but it comes at a COST: 99USD/year, not for drive space, but simply for the usability. That's a LOT these fuckers ask for.
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