Mountain Duck is a powerful utility tool that enables local management of cloud storage spaces. The software allows you to map cloud storage devices directly into your computer’s file explorer, or mount servers into the Windows file manager, enabling seamless access to your cloud storage from your local machine—just as easily as accessing your C: or D: drives. This greatly simplifies data uploads and downloads.
Mountain Duck helps users mount any remote FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Azure cloud storage, S3, Google Cloud Storage, Google Drive, and OpenStack Swift as local disks within their system’s Finder, allowing cloud directories to be synchronized and managed locally. It also integrates cloud directories into Finder.app for synchronized management—operations such as uploading and deleting files remain in sync with the remote storage, making it highly practical and convenient.
Feature Overview
1. Mountain Duck provides more convenient storage management capabilities.
2. Users can synchronize their cloud storage devices directly to their computer.
3. Connects to various storage services, including easy access to Google Drive.
4. Maps your cloud drives into the Windows File Explorer.
5. Access your cloud storage resources just like local drives (e.g., C: or D:).
6. Supports multiple protocols—connecting to FTP and SFTP is simple and straightforward.
7. Enables access to Microsoft Azure storage devices.
8. Connects to OpenStack Swift, allowing users to easily configure cloud storage.
Software Features
1. Smart Synchronization
View all files on remote storage without fully syncing them to your computer. Files are automatically synchronized to your local disk when opened, enabling offline access.
2. Offline Work
Select specific files and folders to keep permanently available offline. Other files are downloaded and cached on-demand, minimizing local disk space usage.
3. Background Sync
Changes are automatically uploaded in the background whenever a connection is available.
4. Cryptomator Vaults
Use interoperable Cryptomator vaults for transparent client-side encryption. This ensures data-at-rest is encrypted, preventing unauthorized access regardless of the server or cloud infrastructure.
Supported Platforms
1. FTP
A robust, extensively tested FTP (File Transfer Protocol) implementation with support for secure SSL/TLS connections, ensuring optimal interoperability.
2. S3
Connect to any Amazon S3 bucket or Google Cloud Storage, with support for uploading large files.
3. Google Drive
Access Google Drive without syncing documents to your local disk. Open Google Docs files directly in your web browser using URL references from the mounted volume.
4. SFTP
Supports strong password, public key, and two-factor authentication. Reads settings directly from existing OpenSSH configurations.
5. Google Cloud Storage
Connect to any Amazon S3 region or Google Cloud Storage, supporting large file uploads.
6. Dropbox
Access Dropbox without syncing files to your local disk.
7. WebDAV
Interoperable with ownCloud, box.com, SharePoint, BigCommerce, and many other WebDAV servers. Supports SSL mutual (two-way) authentication using client certificates.
8. Azure
Access Microsoft Azure cloud storage directly from your desktop.
9. OneDrive
Connect to OneDrive Personal, OneDrive for Business, and SharePoint Online.
10. OpenStack Swift
Connect to Rackspace Cloud Files or any other OpenStack Swift cloud storage provider.
11. Backblaze B2
Mount low-cost cloud storage from Backblaze B2 directly onto your desktop.