Install on every computer you own. About a minute each.
Two ways. Use whichever feels familiar. Same outcome, same folder, same account.
1
Visual setup wizard (recommended)
Sign in at app.celdrive.com, click "Set up a device", pick your computer (Mac, Windows, Linux), and follow the on-screen steps. The wizard checks the install for you and shows a green checkmark when your CelDrive folder is ready.
Open the wizard →2
One-line install (for terminal users)
If you live in a terminal, run one of the commands below on each computer. Same setup, same account, no extra steps.
$ curl -fsSL https://celdrive.com/install.sh | bash
PS> iwr -useb https://celdrive.com/install.ps1 | iex
macOS
Native NFS mount. No kernel extension, no reboot, works on Apple Silicon and Intel
Linux
FUSE mount on any modern distro (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch, NixOS)
Windows
PowerShell installer + WinFsp mount + Scheduled Task auto-start on Windows 10/11
iOS & Android
Native apps shipping next. Join the waitlist
What gets installed
No magic. The script does five small things, in this order, and prints each one as it goes:
- Downloads the CelDrive CLI tarball to
~/.celdrive/cli(a fixed, predictable location: easy to inspect, easy to remove withrm -rf ~/.celdriveif you change your mind). - Adds
~/.celdrive/cli/binto yourPATHby appending one line to your shell rc file (~/.zshrc,~/.bashrc, or~/.config/fish/config.fish). The exact line it adds is:export PATH="$HOME/.celdrive/cli/bin:$PATH"After install, open a new terminal (orsourceyour rc file) so the change takes effect. - Verifies
rcloneis installed. CelDrive uses rclone under the hood for cloud transport. If it's missing, the script prints the exact install command for your package manager (brew install rclone,apt install rclone,dnf install rclone,pacman -S rclone, etc.) and exits cleanly. Run that one line, re-run the installer, you're done. - Doesn't run setup automatically. The installer never touches your filesystem beyond
~/.celdrive/and your shell rc. It doesn't sign you in, doesn't mount anything, doesn't move any files. It just makes theceldrivecommand available. - Prints the next step. When the script finishes, it tells you to run
celdrive setup. That's the command that signs you in, picks your bucket region, and creates the~/celdrivefolder. You're in control of when that happens.
Want to read the script before you run it? It's open: install.sh · install.ps1.