# Rclone Destination

Duplicati has a wide variety of storage destinations, but the [Rclone project](https://rclone.org) has even more! If you are familiar with Rclone, you can configure Duplicati to utilize Rclone to transfer files and extend to the full set of destinations supported by Rclone.

If you are using Rclone, some features, such as bandwidth limits and transfer progress do not work.

Duplicati does not bundle Rclone, so you need to download and install the appropriate binaries before you can use this backend.

## User interface

<figure><picture><source srcset="/files/ePIqIE5OUlocSRi6wmxc" media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)"><img src="/files/WJxEPo9IOiCrT0eHPPKi" alt="View of the Rclone configuration page"></picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

For rclone, you need to specify the remote and path. You can use the advanced options to specify more options, including the path to the Rclone binary, if it is not in the default search path.

## URL format for Commandline

The URL format for the Rclone destination is:

```
rclone://<remote repo>/<remote path>
  ?rclone-executable=<path to rclone executable>
```

If the remote repo is not a valid hostname, you can instead use this format:

```
rclone://
  ?rclone-remote-repository=<remote repo>
  &rclone-remote-path=<remote path>
  &rclone-executable=<path to rclone executable>
```

## Advanced options

If you need to change the Rclone local repo you can use the option `--rclone-local-repository` which will otherwise be set to `local`, which works for most setups.

If you need to supply options to Rclone, these can be passed via `--rclone-option`. Note that the values must be url encoded, and multiple options can be passed by separating them with spaces, before encoding.

As an example adding "`--opt1=a --opt2=b`" needs to url encoded and results in:

```
rclone://<remote repo>/<remote path>
  ?rclone-option=--opt1%3Da%20--opt2%3Db
```


---

# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.duplicati.com/backup-destinations/standard-based-destinations/rclone-destination.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.