pCloud-cli - pCloud Command Line Interface

Command line interface to pCloud API written in Go.

It's a TUI too!

File Browser

File Preview

Sync Daemon Management

Installation

Download a pre-built binary from the releases page. Builds are provided for Linux, macOS, and Windows (amd64 and arm64). Download the archive for your platform, extract it, and place the pcloud-cli binary somewhere on your PATH.

Or install with Go:

go install github.com/saintedlama/pcloud-cli@latest

Contributing & Building from Source

Clone the repository and run make build to compile the binary locally — Go 1.26 or later is required.

Run go test ./... to execute the test suite, and make fmt to verify formatting before opening a pull request.

The CI pipeline enforces gofmt, go vet, a full build, and all tests, so running those locally first is the fastest way to spot issues.

git clone https://github.com/saintedlama/pcloud-cli.git
cd pcloud-cli
make build   # produces ./pcloud-cli
go test ./...
make install # optional, moves binary to $GOPATH/bin or $GOBIN

Setup

Run onboard once to authenticate and save credentials to ~/.pcloud.json:

pcloud-cli onboard

The wizard will ask for your region (US / EU), email, and password. Only a session token is stored — your password is never saved.

Usage

Usage:
  pcloud-cli [flags]
  pcloud-cli [command]

Available Commands:
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  file        Actions to manage files.
  folder      Actions to manage folders.
  help        Help about any command
  onboard     Set up pcloud-cli for the first time.
  sync        Sync between a pCloud folder and a local directory.
  tui         Open an interactive file browser.
  version     Print the version number of pCloud-cli

Flags:
      --config string   config file (default is $HOME/.pcloud.json)
  -h, --help            help for pcloud-cli
  -v, --verbose         verbose output for debugging

file — manage remote files

Usage:
  pcloud-cli file [command]

Available Commands:
  checksum    Calculate checksums of file.
  copy        Copy file to another location.
  delete      Delete file.
  get         Get remote file url and download it.
  rename      Rename / Move source file.
  upload      Upload local file to remote folder.

folder — manage remote folders

Usage:
  pcloud-cli folder [command]

Available Commands:
  create      Create folder.
  delete      Delete folder.
  download    Download and extract a remote folder.
  list        List folders in pCloud directory.
  rename      Rename / Move folder.

sync — mirror directories

Sync keeps a local directory and a pCloud directory in step.

Usage:
  pcloud-cli sync <pcloud-path> [local-dir] [flags]
  pcloud-cli sync [command]

Available Commands:
  daemon      Sync continuously, polling pCloud for changes.
  systemd     Install a systemd user service for continuous sync.

Flags:
      --interval duration   polling interval used by the daemon (default 1m0s)
      --mode string         sync direction: "down" (pCloud → local) or "up" (local → pCloud) (default "down")

Download (pCloud → local) — default direction:

pcloud-cli sync /Music ./Music
# or explicitly:
pcloud-cli sync /Music ./Music --mode down

Only files newer on pCloud are downloaded; files deleted from pCloud are removed locally.

Upload (local → pCloud):

pcloud-cli sync /Music ./Music --mode up

Files locally newer or absent on pCloud are uploaded; remote files no longer present locally are deleted from pCloud. Both <pcloud-path> and <local-dir> are required in upload mode.

Continuous daemon:

pcloud-cli sync daemon /Music ./Music --interval 5m

Install as a systemd user service:

pcloud-cli sync systemd /Music ./Music --interval 5m
# dry-run to preview unit file without writing anything:
pcloud-cli sync systemd /Music ./Music --dry-run

tui — interactive file browser

pcloud-cli tui

Opens a terminal UI for browsing, downloading, and managing files.

Build

Clone the repository and run:

make build

make install