Box on the desktop — including Linux.
Mount Box Personal and Box Business as native drives on macOS, Windows, and Linux. SSO support for Business, OAuth-only authentication, and the only first-class Box desktop access available on Linux.
— What you get
Box, mounted as a drive on every OS.
Mounted in Finder and Explorer.
Box appears as a native volume in Finder, File Explorer, and Linux file managers. Open files in Office, Photoshop, Premiere, anything — and save back to Box directly. No upload step.
Stream on demand.
No full sync. Files stay in Box until you open them; offline pinning is available for folders you need without connectivity. Large Business folders don't mirror to your laptop.
SSO via your IdP.
Box Business accounts authenticate via OAuth and inherit whatever SSO your tenant uses — Okta, OneLogin, Auth0, Azure AD, ADFS, any SAML provider. ExpanDrive never sees the password.
— Cross-platform
Box on every OS your team uses.
macOS
Apple File Provider extension. Box appears in Finder and ~/Library/CloudStorage. Native on Apple Silicon.
Windows
User-selectable drive letter per Box account. Signed MSI for fleet deployment.
Linux
The only first-class Box desktop access on Linux. Native .deb / .rpm packages with signed repositories.
— vs Box Drive
Where Box Drive falls short.
Box's official desktop client, Box Drive, is solid on Mac and Windows. Two real gaps: no Linux client at all, and limited multi-account / multi-tenant support.
- No Linux client. Box ships Box Drive for Mac and Windows. Linux users get nothing — no official app, no supported mount. ExpanDrive runs natively on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, RHEL, and more.
- One account at a time. Box Drive does not support multiple accounts cleanly. ExpanDrive mounts as many Box accounts as you need, each as its own volume with its own nickname.
- Same product on every OS. Box Drive on Mac and Box Drive on Windows behave differently. ExpanDrive is one product with the same UX across macOS, Windows, and Linux.
— Other clouds
Box and everything else.
If you're consolidating from multiple cloud services or running a multi-vendor environment, mount Box next to anything else.
Dropbox
Access and manage your Dropbox files as a network drive on any OS - no sync required, full read/write access.
Google Drive
Access Google Drive files directly from Finder, Explorer, or any application - mounted as a fast network drive with ExpanDrive.
OneDrive
Map personal OneDrive as a network drive on macOS, Windows, and Linux with ExpanDrive - no sync required.
SharePoint
Map SharePoint as a network drive on Mac, Windows, or Linux - access your Microsoft 365 files directly from any application.
— Common questions
Common questions about Box on ExpanDrive.
Account types, SSO, Linux, and how Box Notes / Box Sign / Governance fit.
Need a File Orchestration Platform, not just a drive?
The cloud connectors mounting your drive on macOS, Windows, and Linux are the same ones that run on Files.com's high-performance cloud File Orchestration Platform — used by 4,000+ businesses including Equifax, Rag & Bone, Cognizant, and Michelin. If you need automations, audit logs, SFTP / AS2 servers, or compliance reporting on top of your file estate, that lives there.
Try it free.
Mount everything.
Free for personal use. Runs on every Mac, PC, and Linux box built in the last decade.