# Install rclone with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget
Rsync for cloud storage. Version 1.75.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install golang-github-rclone-rclone-dev.
## Install
```sh
sudo av install brew:rclone
```
## Agent safety answer
rclone moves data across local and remote storage providers.
- **Credential access:** Reads remote storage tokens, config files, and files selected for transfer.
- **Remote mutation:** Can copy, delete, sync, and purge remote storage.
- **Publish/artifact risk:** Can upload or delete release artifacts, backups, and datasets.
- **Recommended control:** Gate sync, delete, purge, config, and token-revealing commands.
- **Agent-use guidance:** Allow dry-run listings; require approval for transfers, deletes, and config export.
Additional install commands:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install rclone
```
Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install rclone
```
Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/rclone/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add rclone
```
Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rclone from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install rclone
```
Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: rclone from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install rclone
```
Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rclone from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#rclone
```
Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/rc/rclone/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman (92%):
```sh
sudo pacman -S rclone
```
Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: rclone from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
- zypper (92%):
```sh
sudo zypper install rclone
```
Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rclone from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
### Windows
- Chocolatey (92%):
```sh
choco install rclone
```
Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: rclone from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','rambox'
- Scoop (92%):
```sh
scoop install main/rclone
```
Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/rclone.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget (92%):
```sh
winget install --id Rclone.Rclone -e
```
Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Rclone.Rclone from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
## Package facts
- **Package key:** brew:rclone
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.75.0
- **Source summary:** Rsync for cloud storage
- **Homepage:**
- **Repository:**
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-31T19:18:36Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- rclone (alias)
## Install behavior
- Bottle: not available
## Freshness
- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.75.0
## Security Notes
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal
## Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
## Configuration files
- Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rclone/rclone.conf, ~/.config/rclone/rclone.conf, ~/.rclone.conf
- Windows: %APPDATA%\rclone\rclone.conf
## Credential files
- Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rclone/rclone.conf, ~/.config/rclone/rclone.conf, ~/.rclone.conf
- Windows: %APPDATA%\rclone\rclone.conf
## Other Package-Manager Records
- Debian apt - golang-github-rclone-rclone-dev - 1.60.1+dfsg-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: golang-github-rclone-rclone-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | go source code of rclone | https://github.com/rclone/rclone
- Debian apt - rclone - 1.60.1+dfsg-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: rclone from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | rsync for commercial cloud storage | https://github.com/rclone/rclone
- Nix - rclone: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/rc/rclone/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - golang-github-rclone-rclone-dev - 1.60.1+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: golang-github-rclone-rclone-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | go source code of rclone | https://github.com/rclone/rclone
- Ubuntu apt - rclone - 1.60.1+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: rclone from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | rsync for commercial cloud storage | https://github.com/rclone/rclone
- apk - rclone - 1.74.4-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rclone from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Rsync for cloud storage | https://rclone.org/
- apk - rclone-bash-completion - 1.74.4-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rclone-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for rclone | https://rclone.org/
- apk - rclone-doc - 1.74.4-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rclone-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Rsync for cloud storage (documentation) | https://rclone.org/
- apk - rclone-fish-completion - 1.74.4-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rclone-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for rclone | https://rclone.org/
- apk - rclone-zsh-completion - 1.74.4-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rclone-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for rclone | https://rclone.org/
- dnf - rclone - 1.74.3-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rclone from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Rsync for cloud storage | https://github.com/rclone/rclone
- pacman - rclone - 1.75.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: rclone from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | rsync for cloud storage | https://github.com/rclone/rclone
- zypper - rclone - 1.74.4-2.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rclone from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Rsync for cloud storage | https://rclone.org/
- zypper - rclone-bash-completion - 1.74.4-2.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rclone-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for rclone | https://rclone.org/
- zypper - rclone-zsh-completion - 1.74.4-2.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rclone-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for rclone | https://rclone.org/
- MacPorts - rclone: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/rclone/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/rclone.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/rclone.yml)
## Sources
- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated agent safety answer