# samschott/maestral

Open-source Dropbox client for macOS and Linux

Repository: https://github.com/samschott/maestral
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/maestral
Homepage: https://maestral.app
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, dropbox-client, linux, macos, dropbox-sync
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-06-28T10:11:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 89, release rhythm 18, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2837, "days_push": 66, "days_rel": 333, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3330, forks 108 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:56.575791+00:00)

## What it is
Maestral is a lightweight, open-source Dropbox sync client for macOS and Linux, written in Python, with both a CLI and GUI (Cocoa on macOS, Qt on Linux). It supports multiple Dropbox accounts, selective sync, and .mignore patterns, but the project was archived in July 2026 and is no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- sync Dropbox on Linux file systems unsupported by the official client
- sync multiple Dropbox accounts on one machine
- avoid the three-device limit of free Dropbox accounts
- run a lightweight Dropbox client with low memory usage
- exclude local files from cloud sync with gitignore-style patterns
- manage Dropbox sync from the command line

## When to avoid
- you need Dropbox Paper, team management, or shared folder settings management
- you want binary-diff bandwidth efficiency like the official client
- you need a maintained client - the project was archived in 2026 and will stop working when certificates expire

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: file-system, cli, gui, backup
- domain: files, cloud-computing, cross-platform, privacy
- platform: python, cli
- tags: dropbox-client, file-sync, dropbox-api, open-source-client, mignore, selective-sync, archived, macos, linux, docker, desktop

## Member repositories
- samschott/maestral (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.575791+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:41:43.726566+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/samschott/maestral (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.575791+00:00, sha ae8e149a5931)
  - homepage: https://maestral.app (fetched 2026-08-29T09:34:42.714797+00:00, sha e55e559e8b33)
  - site_page: https://maestral.app/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:34:42.724361+00:00, sha e9a6efc9b697)
  - site_page: https://maestral.app/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:34:42.726918+00:00, sha c3c00bf54894)
  - site_page: https://maestral.app/docs/selective-sync (fetched 2026-08-29T09:34:42.728861+00:00, sha d86c61a54a1a)
  - site_page: https://maestral.app/docs/mignore (fetched 2026-08-29T09:34:42.730771+00:00, sha 69d0f05574a8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.