stewartmcgown/uds
📀 Unlimited Google Drive Storage by splitting binary files into base64 observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2968
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1765
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4376 stars · 274 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A Python CLI tool that stores arbitrary binary files in Google Drive as base64-encoded text inside Google Docs, which historically did not count against storage quota. It supports uploading, listing, searching, downloading, and deleting these encoded file archives.
Use cases
- store large files in google drive without using quota
- back up iso files to google docs
- split binary files into base64 chunks for cloud storage
- retrieve files stored as google docs back to disk
- list and search files hidden in drive docs
When to choose
- you want to exploit the legacy Google Docs zero-quota behavior
- you need a free, scriptable way to stash large binaries in Drive
- you are comfortable with Python CLI tools and Google API setup
When to avoid
- you need reliable, supported storage - Google now counts Docs against quota since June 2021
- you need fast uploads or downloads (base64 encoding adds ~33% overhead and chunked docs are slow)
- you need a maintained tool - the project has had no releases since late 2021
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
file-system compression developer-tools files cloud-computing developer-tools python cli cross-platform google-drive base64 storage-workaround file-encoding
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/stewartmcgown/uds · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0eb618cbebe0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| stewartmcgown/uds | main | 32 |
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