NetMount

Project Overview

When you want files scattered across a dozen cloud drives to behave like one local folder, NetMount wraps the plumbing in a GUI: add storage, pick a mount point, press start, and let Rclone and OpenList do the work. The front end is React 18 with Vite, the back end is Rust with Tauri 2, and both engines ship inside the installer so no separate CLI setup is needed. Standard mode keeps data in ~/.netmount/, while portable mode collects everything in a data/ folder next to the exe.

Item	Value
Latest version	v1.2.4
Stack	Rust, Tauri 2, React 18, Vite
Bundled engines	Rclone, OpenList
Data directory	~/.netmount/, or data/ in portable mode
License	AGPL-3.0

Cloud drives, object storage, and NAS boxes all end up as one drive letter or one folder.

Key Features

• Storage onboarding: pick a provider from the OpenList and Rclone driver lists, then fill in the endpoint and credentials
• Mount as a local disk: WinFsp assigns a drive letter on Windows, while macOS and Linux mount through FUSE
• Automatic drive letters: Windows can pick the first free letter automatically, or you can choose one manually
• Read-only and fixed-disk emulation: protect a mount with read-only mode or make the system treat a network share as a fixed disk
• Cache strategies: four presets named balanced, performance, low disk usage, and compatibility map to different VFS cache modes
• File browser: a built-in explorer lists, uploads, downloads, and deletes remote files
• Transfer tasks: the task page reports speed, transferred size, and remaining time for several jobs at once
• Auto mount: individual mount entries can be restored automatically when the app starts

Storage and Mounting

Mount point	Description
Desktop	Creates a mount entry on the desktop
~/Mounts/	Default recommended directory, common on macOS and Linux
Automatic drive letter	Windows only, picks a free letter
Custom path	Any directory or drive letter you type

• Windows dependency: without WinFsp the mount button asks you to install it first, since no drive letter can be created without that driver
• macOS backends: nfsmount, fuse-t, and macfuse are available, with nfsmount as the default recommendation
• Driver filtering: virtual drivers such as Crypt, Alias, Chunk, and UrlTree are removed from the candidate list

Target Audience

• Users juggling several cloud drives
• Creators wanting one file entry point
• Operators managing object storage
• People who work inside a file manager
• Teams needing a portable setup

Quick Start

1. Install the package for your platform: NSIS on Windows, DMG on macOS, deb, rpm, or AppImage on Linux
2. Install WinFsp before the first Windows mount; on macOS, allow the extension in system settings if you choose fuse-t
3. Open the Storage page, click add, pick the provider type, and enter the endpoint, account, and password
4. Go to the Mount page, select the storage you just added, and choose a mount location
5. Tick read-only or fixed-disk emulation as needed, then pick one of the four cache presets
6. Press start; once the status shows running, open the drive letter or folder in your file manager
7. Drop an empty .portable file next to the exe to move all data into data/, which makes a USB stick setup easy

Core Advantages

• Complementary engines: OpenList covers Chinese cloud drives while Rclone covers S3, WebDAV, SMB, and other standard protocols in one interface
• Self-contained data: config, logs, and engine files live in ~/.netmount/ or the portable folder with no account system involved
• Consistent across platforms: Windows, macOS, and Linux share one UI and config format, so migration is a folder copy
• Diagnosable failures: the built-in diagnostics export bundles Rclone and OpenList log excerpts for mount troubleshooting

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
OS	Windows 10 or later, macOS, mainstream Linux distributions
Architecture	x86_64, arm64
Extra components	WinFsp on Windows; nfsmount or a FUSE implementation on macOS
Runtime	Engines ship with the installer, so Rclone is not installed separately

Notes

• Credentials on disk: storage accounts and tokens sit inside ~/.netmount/ along with engine configs, so clear that whole folder before handing the device to someone else
• Cache disk usage: the performance preset keeps read files in a local cache, so plan enough free space for long-term use
• Portable detection: portable mode activates only when a .portable file exists beside the exe, otherwise ~/.netmount/ is still used
• Network drive behaviour: a mounted letter can stall briefly when the network drops, so wait for reconnection instead of force-unmounting