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MIT licensed · 7-day refund on paid tiers · macOS, Linux & WindowsEach subcommand expands a different hardware constraint on your Mac. Pick any, use them independently, or all together.
Infinite SSD. Mount a cloud bucket at ~/celdrive. Smart filters keep heavy folders local and out of the way. Archive idle projects, reclaim local GBs.
Services on cloud, ports on localhost. celdrive run postgres starts Postgres on your remote host and forwards localhost:5432. No Docker burning battery.
Builds in seconds, not minutes. Heavy builds transparently offload to the cloud and finish faster. Artifacts land locally — no change to your workflow.
Apps stay open forever. Idle apps pause and reclaim memory. Menu-bar click brings them back. 16 GB Mac feels like 64 GB without ever quitting Slack or Chrome.
Underneath: one unified CLI, one configurable cloud host, one shared bucket. See the repo.
The pain isn't abstract. It's the exact moment you hit npm run build, watch the fan spin up, and tab-close Slack to buy yourself a gig of RAM. CelDrive turns those cliffs into non-events.
npm install~/celdrive — mount a cloud bucket, free 240 GB instantlyOne unified CLI on your Mac. One private cloud host (yours — you own the API key). One S3-compatible bucket (yours too). Your data, your region, your keys. We provision it; we don't hold it.
We're onboarding the first builders manually. These are real outcomes from the design-partner round; names and employers are kept private until publicly shareable. Share yours and we'll feature it with attribution on request.
Freed 240 GB on my three-year-old MacBook Air in an afternoon. I archived every old client repo to ~/celdrive and it still feels native — file watchers in VS Code open projects as fast as local.
Build time for our Next.js monorepo went from 3 min 12 s on a M1 Pro to 14 s on a Hetzner CX32. We pay €6.49/mo per engineer to skip buying every dev an M3 Max.
Our security review blocked Dropbox. The private-bucket model + network gate + tamper-evident audit log passed our InfoSec evaluation — the same one Backblaze Personal couldn't clear.
Every storage tool out there treats a 48,000-file node_modules directory the same as a single photo. CelDrive doesn't.
| Problem | Existing fix | Why it falls short |
|---|---|---|
| SSD is full | External SSD | Fragile. Drop it, damage it, lose work. |
| Need cloud backup | Dropbox · iCloud · Drive | Not dev-aware. Syncs node_modules, chokes file watchers. |
| Need archive | Backblaze Personal · Arq | Backup-only. No workspace extension. No dev rules. |
| Move between machines | Manual rsync · git | Tedious. Loses state, build caches, uncommitted work. |
Three steps. Fully managed — you never touch a cloud dashboard. The install kit arrives within hours of payment.
Pick a plan that fits your storage needs. Pay via Stripe, cancel any time. 7-day refund if it's not a fit.
You get an onboarding email within a few hours with your managed storage keys, install kit, and setup instructions.
One command configures CelDrive. ~/celdrive becomes a live cloud-backed folder, auto-mounts on login.
Generic cloud drives (Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive) treat every file the same — and choke on developer directories. CelDrive understands code. Four ways we differ, under the hood.
Build outputs, package caches, and virtual environments are auto-excluded. Your cloud bill stays small; sync stays fast.
Every archive captures branch, commit, and dirty state so projects are restorable to the exact moment you archived them.
Active databases get consistent snapshots instead of corrupted file copies. Safe handling across SQL and NoSQL engines.
Detects when a compile or bundler is running and prompts before archiving, so you never lose mid-flight work.
No email. No credit card. No cloud account. One command gives you 5 GB on a CelDrive-hosted bucket for 14 days. When you're hooked, either bring your own cloud (free forever) or upgrade — your data migrates with you either way.
The full CelDrive CLI is open source (MIT). Plug in your own Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Oracle OCI, iDrive E2, AWS S3, or Wasabi — pay the cloud directly (~$0.60/100GB/mo on B2). We never see your data, your keys, or your bucket. Install in one command:
Stuck in an approvals queue whenever you want to try a new tool? The Self-host tier is designed so you don't have to. You install it on your own machine, point it at the cloud your company already uses, and you're done — no new vendor to onboard, no InfoSec review, no Slack message to IT.
Fits most corporate approved-software policies (MIT + Apache-2.0 allowlists). Nothing new for legal to review, and the whole thing runs on your laptop — not a SaaS in the cloud acting on your behalf.
Point CelDrive at the AWS, GCP, Azure, or S3-compatible bucket your employer already provisions and approves. No new vendor relationship, no separate invoice, no procurement ticket.
CelDrive talks to the bucket using the same cloud keys you already have. It inherits every IAM policy, audit log, and data-residency rule your company has set — it can't do more than you can do.
If your security team does ask questions, we're happy to send a one-page summary covering data flow, what we don't store, and why CelDrive is effectively a CLI client for your existing cloud — not a new vendor. Email us for the PDF.
Two ways to start free: Starter (1 GB managed, no setup, above) or Self-host (unlimited, your own cloud keys, below). Paid tiers add larger managed buckets + the memory & compute resources. Pick by the resources you want to expand, not by a seat count.
| Feature | Self-host Free · BYOC · MIT |
Cloud $9/mo |
Pro $19/mo |
Team $49/mo |
Enterprise Custom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 💾 Storage — expand your disk | |||||
~/celdrive cloud-backed mount | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Dev-aware archive/restore (skip node_modules, build dirs) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Git-aware manifests (branch, commit SHA, dirty status) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| DB-aware snapshots (SQLite / Postgres / Mongo) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Docker volume snapshot/restore | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Multi-machine rehydrate (auto npm ci, cargo fetch, uv sync) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Storage quota | Your cloud, your cost | 100 GB | 1 TB | 5 TB | Custom |
| 🧠 Memory & compute — expand beyond your laptop | |||||
run — services on localhost (Postgres, Redis, Mongo…) | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
build — offload npm run build / cargo build to cloud | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
swap — app hibernation, 16 GB feels like 64 GB | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| One-click cloud host provisioning (multiple regions) | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 🎛 Control & UX | |||||
| Multi-cloud setup wizard (B2 · R2 · OCI · iDrive · S3 · Wasabi) | ✅ | Managed for you | Managed | Managed | Managed |
| Local web dashboard (browser panel) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| SwiftUI menu bar app (macOS) | ✅ unsigned | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ signed |
| Auto-mount at login (launchd · systemd · Scheduled Task) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Tamper-evident audit log (SHA-256 chain) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ SIEM export | ✅ SIEM export |
| Network gate (CIDR / VPN interface) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ + private peering |
| 🤝 Onboarding & support | |||||
| Managed bucket + scoped keys (no cloud signup) | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Workspaces / users | Unlimited (self) | 1 machine | 3 machines | 5 users | Custom |
| SSO + admin audit dashboard | — | — | — | ✅ | ✅ |
| Support | GitHub issues | Priority | Priority + SLA | Dedicated Slack + SLA | |
| DPA + MSA + vendor security review | — | — | — | DPA | ✅ Full |
| On-prem / air-gapped deployment | — | — | — | — | ✅ |
Every paid tier includes the full open-source CLI plus the managed layer. You can always drop back to Free and keep your bucket.
No card for the free tier. No cloud signup pain on any managed tier. Prefer to use your company's existing cloud and skip procurement entirely? See the Self-host path. Every paid plan includes the open-source CLI, concierge install, encrypted at rest, unlimited restores, and a 7-day refund window.
All self-serve tiers are fully automated — Stripe webhook provisions your bucket + scoped keys and emails the install kit within seconds. Your 7-day refund window starts at provisioning, not checkout. Enterprise plans include a formal security review + legal paperwork window and are billed annually.
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Your workspace isn't a photo library — it's your code. CelDrive treats it accordingly. We're building toward the security posture of a developer laptop behind the company VPN, not generic consumer cloud.
.env never leave your filter rulesBuilding trust is a long game. We're not here to claim compliance badges we don't have — we're here to harden alongside our first enterprise customers. If you're evaluating CelDrive for a company with serious security requirements, contact us — we'd rather build the exact controls your security team needs than check arbitrary boxes.
If your question isn't here, email hello@celdrive.dev — we reply within a day.
fuse3 on Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora/Arch). Windows support is on the v0.3 roadmap.
node_modules directories that crash their sync clients and clog bandwidth. CelDrive understands dev workflows — it skips regenerable artifacts, captures git state, and makes consistent database snapshots. It's built for code, not photos.
We're still onboarding the first cohort manually. Drop your email — we'll ping you when full self-serve checkout is live and when the menu bar app ships.