A decent S3 bucket manager for Ubuntu

I'm looking for a decent S3 bucket manager for Ubuntu (Gnome). I prefer it to integrate with Nautilus so it will look like just any other drive (a la WebDAV) but so far I haven't been able to find anything that I'd like to use on a daily basis.

What bucket managers do you use for Ubuntu or what bucket manager would you recommend?

UPDATE:

S3FS seems to be what I'd really want to use since it lets me integrate my buckets directly into my file-system. However, when trying S3FS I do not get the impression that it's ready for prime time.

I'm stunned by the fact that there are no decent bucket managers out there for Ubuntu/Gnome, guess I have to build it myself...

Luke

Posted 2009-08-12T11:21:09.450

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@joe the link is dead: This question was removed from Stack Overflow for reasons of moderation. :-/ – Fernando Kosh – 2015-02-16T19:15:07.620

"when trying S3FS I do not get the impression that it's ready for prime time." What gave you that impression? – Kim – 2009-08-15T11:53:22.527

1http://stackoverflow.com/questions/279213/best-amazon-s3-file-manager-utility – joe – 2009-08-12T11:52:22.973

Answers

Why a separate file manager when there is s3fs, which makes it possible to mount S3 buckets via fuse?

That way you won't notice any difference between local files and your S3 bucket in nautilus.

Kim

Posted 2009-08-12T11:21:09.450

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1"That way you won't notice any difference between local files and your S3 bucket in nautilus." I've noticed it right away, it's painfully slow, that's why I decided not to use it. – MaxNevermind – 2017-12-06T18:34:43.560

Why a separate file manager? To perform parallel upload/download because s3fs is pathologically slow. It does not utilize multiple connections and uploads files one after another. – Bartosz Firyn – 2019-02-13T11:24:04.470

I've looked at this in the past and couldn't get it to work back then. If it would work it would be totally what I'm looking for. – Luke – 2009-08-12T20:48:20.640

3Maybe you should ask a question like "Why doesn't s3fs work?" ;) – Kim – 2009-08-13T07:55:21.133

@Kim: Maybe. I was wondering if there where other 'decent' S3 managers available for Ubuntu before trying s3fs again. Guess not.... – Luke – 2009-08-13T12:12:10.870

1Why isn't s3fs in Ubuntu repos? – eduardocereto – 2011-06-22T18:45:00.867

@Kim it looks like this hasn't made it into the Ubuntu packages. There is an old project for the Lucid distro on Launchpad. Am I to conclude from this that in the 2.5 years since your answer, something else has become more popular? – Wolfram Arnold – 2012-01-17T23:53:28.103

TL;DR CrossFTP is in the Ubuntu app store, you must "buy" it for the purchase price of $0.00. So an Ubuntu One account is required, to install that way. For a mountable file-system try S3QL, which is available through a PPA.

Okay, it seems part of the confusion with s3fs is that there are THREE of them with mostly the same name with varying levels of development and stability. However, S3QL appears ready to go and slick. Another one worth checking out is s3backer.

For a GUI, I'm using CrossFTP. I've also installed dragondisk, but I personally need to access a custom (Dreamhost Objects) S3 server (non-amazon). S3QL will do that for you as well as CrossFTP. WARNING: CrossFTP is "open-core" software, though it is worth it!

Three similar packages that you shouldn't worry about (development has mostly stopped on all but the one noted)

FuseOverAmazon (previously s3fs)
s3fs-fuse
s3fs
s3fs

Wouldn't it be nice if that list was full of links so you knew what the heck I was talking about? Well, stackexchange won't let me post more than 2 links because I don't have enough rep points. How am I supposed to get them if I cannot be informative? :( The TL;DR part is the most important. You can look up open-core in wikipedia, another link I wasn't allowed to post!

mitzip

Posted 2009-08-12T11:21:09.450

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Thanks for the up vote! One more and I'm allowed to up vote this question. – mitzip – 2013-06-13T04:50:37.203

Use s3cmd which has a sync command to transfer files either direction.

Mike Chelen

Posted 2009-08-12T11:21:09.450

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1is this meaningfully different from the aws cli suite? – ThorSummoner – 2016-03-01T20:14:28.880

DragonDisk is a decent Amazon S3 GUI client for Ubuntu.

Tony

Posted 2009-08-12T11:21:09.450

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DragonDisk is no longer maintained. – crypdick – 2019-05-02T02:38:49.640

S3fm - free online Amazon S3 File Manager.

joe

Posted 2009-08-12T11:21:09.450

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2The link is dead. – a CVn – 2013-02-26T10:22:38.800