OneDrive

OneDrive without the full sync.

Mount personal Microsoft OneDrive as a native drive on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Stream files on demand, no terabyte-sized local mirror, and the only real OneDrive client for Linux.

Free for personal use60,000+ downloads per year

— What you get

OneDrive that doesn’t fill your SSD.

Mounted in Finder and Explorer.

OneDrive appears as a native volume on every OS. Files open in any app — Office, Photoshop, Adobe apps, IDEs — and save back to OneDrive directly.

Stream on demand.

No full sync. The official OneDrive client tries to mirror everything; ExpanDrive streams files only when you open them and caches what you actually use.

OAuth, never your password.

Sign in via Microsoft's OAuth flow. ExpanDrive never sees your Microsoft password. Tokens are revocable from your Microsoft account settings at any time.

— Cross-platform

OneDrive on every OS your team runs.

macOS

Apple File Provider extension. OneDrive appears in Finder and ~/Library/CloudStorage. Apple Silicon native.

Windows

User-selectable drive letter per account. Signed MSI for fleet deployment.

Linux

The only first-class OneDrive desktop access on Linux. Native .deb / .rpm packages with signed apt and yum repositories.

— vs the OneDrive client

Where the official client falls short.

Microsoft's OneDrive client is fine for single-user, single-account use on Mac and Windows. Three gaps it doesn't close — and ExpanDrive does.

  • No Linux client at all. Microsoft does not ship a OneDrive client for Linux. ExpanDrive runs natively on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, RHEL, and more — and mounts OneDrive at a standard Linux mount point.
  • Full-sync is the default. The OneDrive client wants to mirror your entire OneDrive locally (until you mark folders as cloud-only — a per-folder configuration). ExpanDrive flips the default: files stay in the cloud until you open them.
  • One account at a time. The OneDrive client supports one personal account + one work/school account. ExpanDrive mounts multiple accounts at once, each as its own volume.

— Common questions

Common questions about OneDrive on ExpanDrive.

Personal vs Business, Linux, and what happens to existing OneDrive folders.

Personal Microsoft accounts use this OneDrive connector. Work and school accounts (Microsoft 365 / Office 365) use the separate SharePoint connector — that\'s where OneDrive for Business is actually accessed in Microsoft\'s API. Both work; they just route differently.

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Mount everything.

Free for personal use. Runs on every Mac, PC, and Linux box built in the last decade.