# google/skicka

Command-line utility for working with Google Drive. Join the mailing list at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/skicka-users.

Repository: https://github.com/google/skicka
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/skicka
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-01-16T19:53:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4402, "days_push": 2055, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1294, forks 112 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:16.300407+00:00)

## What it is
A Go command-line utility for uploading, downloading, listing, and managing files on Google Drive, with optional AES-256 client-side encryption. It is not a synchronization tool and does not reconcile concurrent edits across machines.

## Use cases
- upload a local folder to google drive from the command line
- download files from google drive to my computer
- encrypt files before uploading to google drive
- list files in a google drive folder via terminal
- check how much space a drive folder uses
- scripted backups to google drive

## When to choose
- you want simple scripted transfers between local disk and Google Drive
- you need client-side AES-256 encryption for files stored on Drive
- you prefer a lightweight CLI over a GUI sync client

## When to avoid
- you need automatic two-way sync across multiple machines with conflict resolution
- you need actively maintained software with recent releases
- you want a graphical interface

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: file-system, cryptography, cli
- domain: files, cloud-computing, developer-tools, privacy
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: google-drive, cloud-storage, file-sync, encryption, backup, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- google/skicka (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:16.300407+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 2026-08-30T04:54:04.911306+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/google/skicka (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:16.300407+00:00, sha 92846d6038d1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.