Is there an unofficial Box.com client for Linux?

I know Box.com does not have a non-server client for Linux. Is there, then, a way to download my files to my PC using an unofficial client?

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I found box-linux-sync on github, but it's a command-line interface.

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This explanation on how to mount box.com as a folder via webdav may also help.

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rclone is a command line client which also supports mounting a remote box.com location.

rclone mount ... can mount any of Rclone’s cloud storage systems as a file system with FUSE, so it works without the expired WebDAV support.

Limitations

Without the use of “--vfs-cache-mode” this can only write files sequentially, it can only seek when reading. This means that many applications won’t work with their files on an rclone mount without “--vfs-cache-mode writes” or “--vfs-cache-mode full”. See the File Caching section of the docs for more info.

The bucket based remotes (eg Swift, S3, Google Compute Storage, B2, Hubic) do not support the concept of empty directories, so empty directories will have a tendency to disappear once they fall out of the directory cache.

It's available for download here

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There also "BOXFS - A FUSE-based filesystem for box.com" but I don't know if it is usable.

WebDav will become depricated as of January 31, 2019. As of this time there is no available client for Linux.

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