BucketBay

Every bucket, one deck.

BucketBay is a desktop manager for S3-compatible object storage. Save a connection once, then browse and transfer your buckets the way you work with any other folder.

Keys Stay On Your Device No Account Required No Telemetry Works With Any S3 Provider

What it looks like

One window for every bucket you work with, whoever hosts it.

The BucketBay object browser: buckets listed on the left, objects in the current prefix in the middle, and the details of the selected object on the right.
Move through prefixes like folders. Select an object to see its size, storage class, metadata and version history.
The upload confirmation dialog listing a folder of 128 files and two individual files, with the total size and destination bucket shown before anything is queued.
Every upload is confirmed first — what is going up, how much of it, and where.
The share dialog with three tabs: presigned link, public URL and S3 URI, showing a generated expiring link and its expiry date.
An expiring link, a permanent public link, or the plain S3 URI for your own tools.
The transfer queue showing uploads and downloads in progress with per-item speed, progress bars and overall throughput.
Watch the queue run, pause it, retry what failed, or cap the bandwidth it uses.
The connections screen listing several saved storage connections, each showing its region, bucket count and when it was last tested.
Keep every provider side by side and switch without re-entering keys.

Built for the way object storage actually behaves

Large files, flaky links and folders that belong together. BucketBay is honest about all three.

Every provider, side by side

Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, MinIO, Backblaze B2, Wasabi, DigitalOcean Spaces, or any other S3 endpoint. Keep as many connections as you need and switch without re-entering keys.

Transfers that resume

Large uploads are split into parts, so a failure resumes from the part that stopped instead of starting over. Downloads land in a temporary file and are renamed only when complete.

Whole folders, structure intact

Pick files, pick a folder, or drag anything straight onto the window. A folder keeps its structure on the way up, so what you see on your computer is what you get in the bucket.

Nothing is queued by surprise

Every upload is shown to you first — the file count, the total size and exactly where it is going — before a single byte moves. Cancel from that screen and nothing has happened.

A link for anyone

Create a temporary link to any object and choose how long it stays valid, or save a bucket's public address once and copy a permanent link to anything inside it.

Your keys stay yours

Secret keys are never stored in the application database. They go to your operating system's credential store where one is available, and are otherwise encrypted on your own machine.

Three steps to your first bucket

No account to create and no service in the middle. BucketBay talks straight to the endpoints you give it.

1

Add a connection

Enter your access key, secret key, region and endpoint. Presets fill in the endpoint for the common providers, and a test button confirms it before you save.

2

Browse and transfer

Move through prefixes like folders, inspect metadata and versions, then queue uploads and downloads and watch them run with live speed and progress.

3

Share what you need to

Create an expiring link for anything you need to hand to someone else, or copy a permanent public link for the buckets you already serve openly.

Questions

If yours is not here, write to us and we will answer.

Which storage services does BucketBay work with?

Any service that speaks the S3 protocol. Presets are included for Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, MinIO, Backblaze B2 and Wasabi, and you can enter a custom endpoint for anything else, including a server on your own network.

Do I need a BucketBay account?

No. There is no account, no sign-in and no BucketBay server. The app connects directly to the storage endpoints you configure and to nothing else.

Where are my access keys stored?

Secret keys never go into the application database. They are stored in your operating system's credential store when one is reachable, and otherwise encrypted on your own machine with a key that also stays there. Nothing is uploaded.

Are my files uploaded anywhere else?

No. Files move between your computer and the storage endpoint you chose. BucketBay collects no telemetry and sends no analytics.

What happens if a large upload fails halfway?

Uploads above the multipart threshold keep their part progress, so retrying continues from the part that failed instead of re-sending the whole file. Downloads resume the same way, and a partial download is never mistaken for a finished file.

Can I upload a whole folder?

Yes. Choose a folder from the picker or drag it onto the window, and everything inside it is uploaded with its structure intact under the path you are viewing. You see the file count and total size before anything is queued.

Why can I not see all my buckets?

Some providers issue access keys that are limited to a single bucket. Such a key cannot list the others, which is expected rather than a fault — name that bucket on the connection and BucketBay opens it directly.

What is a public link, and why do I have to type it in?

It is the address a bucket is served at when you have made it publicly readable. The S3 protocol has no way to report that address, and every provider forms it differently, so BucketBay cannot discover it. Paste it once per bucket and it is remembered.

How long can a share link last?

Up to seven days. That is a limit of the S3 signature format itself, not a BucketBay restriction, so the app clamps longer requests and tells you when it has.

What do I need to run it?

Windows 10 version 1809 or newer on a 64-bit machine. BucketBay is available in English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish and Italian.

Get BucketBay

Available from the Microsoft Store.

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