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Description:
Google Drive CLI Client

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: google-drive cli cloud-storage file-sync

Install: brew install gdrive

About:
Gdrive is a command-line interface client for interacting with Google Drive. It allows users to authenticate with their Google account to upload, download, list, and manage files directly from the terminal. This tool is ideal for automating file synchronization and backups without requiring a GUI.

Key Features:

Command-line interface for Google Drive
Support for file upload, download, and synchronization
Authentication via OAuth 2.0
No GUI dependencies

Use Cases:

Automated backups of critical data to the cloud
Scripting file transfers in CI/CD pipelines
Managing large datasets on remote servers

Alternatives:

rclone – rclone supports many cloud providers including Google Drive, offering more features like mount support and encryption.
drive – drive is another popular Go-based CLI for Google Drive with a focus on synchronization.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 12, 2025 9:10am		0	VERSION_BUMP	0b525d6e
Sep 13, 2024 8:27am		0	VERSION_BUMP	2c7b8e14