press kit
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at a glance
| product | Feather Drive, a Mac app that streams Google Drive, Dropbox and SFTP servers in Finder |
|---|---|
| launched | October 26, 2026 (version 1.0). every release since is in the changelog. |
| runs on | macOS 26 Tahoe or later. it streams through the file system extensions Apple added in macOS 26, so earlier versions can't run it. |
| works with | Google Drive, Dropbox and SFTP servers (since 1.1), using the storage the user already has |
| price | free 3-day trial with every feature, no card. lifetime license $19.99, paid once. current plans on the pricing page. |
| made by | Sumit Paul, an independent developer in India |
| website | featherdrive.app |
traction
1,190 downloads as of november 7, 2026
- this count is live, from our download server: every visit to featherdrive.app/download, counted once a minute per address. it counts downloads, not active users.
- 6 releases in the first 13 days: 1.0 on october 26, then 1.0.1 to 1.0.5 by november 8.
product description
50 words
Feather Drive is a Mac app that puts Google Drive, Dropbox and SFTP servers in Finder and streams files instead of downloading them. Apps fetch only the parts they read, so a big video starts in about a second and takes no space on the Mac. Optional end-to-end encryption keeps files private.
150 words
Feather Drive is a Mac app that adds Google Drive, Dropbox and SFTP servers to Finder as a drive and streams files on demand instead of syncing them. Cloud desktop apps usually download a whole file before it opens, which fills small Mac SSDs and makes large videos wait. Feather Drive uses the file system extensions Apple added in macOS 26 to fetch only the byte ranges an app reads, so a 3 GB video starts playing in about a second and files take zero bytes on disk. New files upload in the background and resume after sleep or a lost connection. Files travel directly between the Mac and the user's own Google Drive or Dropbox; no Feather Drive server receives them. Optional end-to-end encryption uses AES-256-GCM with keys in the Mac Keychain. Feather Drive is built by Sumit Paul, an independent developer in India, and comes with a free three-day trial.
logo
the name is written Feather Drive, two words. the logo is a petal-shaped feather. please don't recolor or stretch it.
screenshots
1920 × 1080 png. click one to download it full size.
demo video
the 55-second launch film, 1080p.
download the mp4 (7 mb). music: "Digital Lemonade" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0. please keep this credit wherever you publish the video.
comparison video
the same 1.22 GB video opened on one mac from google drive for desktop and from feather drive, side by side. google drive downloads the whole file first and opens it after 1 min 44 s; feather drive plays it in 1.7 s with zero bytes on disk. 23 seconds, 1080p.
download the mp4 (2.6 mb).
founder
Sumit Paul is an independent developer in India. He designs, builds and supports Feather Drive on his own, with no investors, no ads and no selling of data. Feather Drive 1.0 shipped on October 26, 2026. He is on X as @sumitp01.
review access
- you need a mac with macOS 26 tahoe or later, and a google drive or dropbox account, or an sftp server.
- download feather drive. the 3-day trial has every feature and needs no card.
- for a longer review, email hello@featherdrive.app with your name and publication, and we'll send a free license key.
- open the app, connect google drive, dropbox or an sftp server, and switch on the file system extension when asked: system settings › general › login items & extensions › file system extensions › feather drive.
- to see the difference, copy a big video in, then open it from finder. it starts in about a second, and get info shows zero bytes on disk.
contact
- press: hello@featherdrive.app
- x: @sumitp01