Overgdrive

overGrive is a complete Google Drive™ desktop client solution for Linux.

Sync all files from your Google Drive online to a folder on your local computer. New online files and changes are automatically downloaded.

Sync a local folder with Google Drive online. New local files and changes are automatically uploaded to Google Drive.

You can select any local folder that the user has read and write access to sync with Google Drive online. External drives and network shares can also be used as long as they are mounted when overGrive starts.

Select which of your Google Drive folders are synced to your computer. Currently only top level(root) folders in Google Drive can be selected.

Simply drag the files and folders from the "Shared with me" to your "My Drive" or create shortcuts in your "My Drive" via Google Drive online.

As Google Docs are not actual files, only shortcuts to the web, overGrive offers the ability to convert Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drawings to office file formats that can be edited locally.

Supported office file formats: Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint as well as OpenDocument Text, Spreadsheet and Presentation.

Changes made locally to Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations created from original Google Docs will be synced back to Google Drive as revisions of the original Google Docs.

Conversion back to Google Docs format only possible for original Google Documents. Other office files will be synced as normal files.

Supported office file formats: Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint as well as OpenDocument Text, Spreadsheet and Presentation. overGrive allows you to exclude files of a certain type from being syned.

Files can be excluded by extension. Hidden files and folders can also be ignored.

You can select if and how overGrive removes files and folders from your Google Drive both locally and online

overGrive offers a backup only option.

This is ideal if you only want to use Google Drive as a one way backup system from your computer to the cloud.

Once off payment. No subscription.