# New rewrite of the gdrive kopia backend

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/new-rewrite-of-the-gdrive-kopia-backend/9039>\
**Category:** General Topics\
**Created:** [October 24, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/new-rewrite-of-the-gdrive-kopia-backend/9039 "2026-10-24T21:30:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![arsenix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/arsenix/32/2124_2.png) [@arsenix](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/arsenix)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/new-rewrite-of-the-gdrive-kopia-backend/9039/1 "2026-10-24T21:30:34Z")

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I was displeased with having to use rclone to backup to google drive storage so I decided to rewrite the gdrive backend (heavily using Claude Fable). The new system is significantly faster and lower CPU usage, with a cleaner user experience. I’ve been using this on four machines now for several months and made some incremental improvements as I found gaps but generally am quite pleased with it now.

I posted some details here: [Update of Google Drive integration for performance · Issue #5734 · kopia/kopia · GitHub](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/5734)

It is on a fork here: [GitHub - arsenixprime/kopia at gdrive-native-v2 · GitHub](https://github.com/arsenixprime/kopia/tree/gdrive-native-v2)

If anyone uses gdrive as a backend feel free to try it out!