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+[rclone](https://rclone.org/) is a command line program to sync files and directories to and from a vast variety of cloud provider and protocols. At the time of writing, this includes the following services:
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+  * Amazon Drive ([See note](https://rclone.org/amazonclouddrive/#status))
+  * Amazon S3 / Dreamhost / Ceph / Minio / Wasabi
+  * Backblaze B2
+  * Box
+  * Dropbox
+  * FTP
+  * Google Cloud Storage
+  * Google Drive
+  * HTTP
+  * Hubic
+  * Jottacloud
+  * Mega
+  * Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
+  * Microsoft OneDrive
+  * OpenDrive
+  * Openstack Swift / Rackspace cloud files / Memset Memstore / OVH / Oracle Cloud Storage
+  * pCloud
+  * QingStor
+  * SFTP
+  * Webdav / Owncloud / Nextcloud
+  * Yandex Disk
+  * The local filesystem
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+That list is regularly expanding. git-annex supports all of those through the use of the [rclone special remote](https://github.com/DanielDent/git-annex-remote-rclone).
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+See their documentation for more concrete examples.