Cloud Explorer is an open-source, platform independent and completely free graphical application designed from the ground up to act as a simple, intuitive and easy-to-use Amazon S3 client. It supports GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.
Features at a glance
Key features include the ability to browse and synchronize your files and folders from and to your Amazon S3 account, no matter the operating system used, the ability to search for objects or to create screenshots and automatically upload them to your S3 bucket.
In addition, the application allows users to create buckets, enable or suspend versioning, view and modify object ACLs (Access Control Lists), as well as to delete every object and version. Text editor, image viewer and media player components are also built into the application.
Another interesting feature is the ability to add access and secret keys, the host URL and port, as well as the region for your Amazon S3 account. You can load as many S3 accounts as you want.
The application is supported on all mainstream OSes and requires Java
Under the hood, we can report that the application is written entirely in the cross-platform Java programming language, which means that it will look and act the same on all supported OSes, including GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.
On Linux, the program is distributed as a binary archive that contains a JAR executable, which must be run from the terminal emulator using the java -jar CloudianExplorer.jar command. A source archive is also available for download.
Bottom line
Summing up, Cloud Explorer is an universal and unique utility that allows anyone who owns an Amazon S3 account to sync folder and files from the comfort of your desktop. As a bonus, the program will let you to view images, play video and audio files, as well as to write text files or create screenshots and upload them to your S3 bucket.
