Proton Docs / collaboration suite
(folders and docs similar to GoogleDocs)
Proton mail needs some collaborative word processor and spreadsheet in a drive where people can securely work on it but only the person who owns the files can keep them and no one can download them or copy them.
Introducing Docs in Proton Drive – collaborative document editing that’s actually private: https://proton.me/blog/docs-proton-drive
With Docs you can:
- Write with privacy — Create and edit documents within Proton Drive, knowing your contents are only accessible to you and those you choose to share with.
- Share and invite anyone — Invite other users to view or edit your documents with a single click.
- Collaborate in real-time — Changes are reflected immediately, ensuring every contributor always sees the most up-to-date version.
- View cursors and presence indicators — See who else is viewing or editing the document, enhancing teamwork and communication.
- Leave comments and replies — Add comments to share feedback without editing the document. Comments are visible to all collaborators, keeping everyone in the loop.
- Import and export with ease — You can upload .docx documents, edit them, and download in various formats like .docx, .txt, .md, and HTML.
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Bernie commented
It is very difficult to use proton as a business platform without file sharing.
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Mufeed Ali commented
Working with OnlyOffice to provide this would be cool
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[Deleted User] commented
I'm considering using Drive for my team but the lack of this feature is what is currently holding us back.
The ability to edit files and have the changes be visible to other users in real time is very important to us. -
amergin commented
Maybe there could even be a Proton alternative to GitHub. That'd be nice.
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J D commented
I vote for a privacy-first, open source, office suite. It does not need to be as powerful as the Microsoft Office tools, but a basic word processor, spreadsheet, and slideshow suite would be all I need, especially since you already provide Drive, Mail Pass, Calendar, and VPN. If I had those tools, I could avoid both Microsoft and Google!
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LL BB commented
Onlyoffice, CryptPad, and Nextcloud Office are three excellent free and open source projects that would be extremely easy to fork and create a Proton productivity suite!
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JP commented
a good reader would be sufficient. I don't see Proton as a full replacement of all the Google Services. I also don't expect Proton to come up with an alternative for Google Maps or Google Photos
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Anon. commented
So much this. Not being able to sync what I'm editing but needing to download to edit then upload again to share it really impacts workflow across devices.
Also would be great to see Proton be offered by more devices as a syncing option, I didn't really expect Proton Drive to work with my Freewrite or Supernote enote out of the box but it was still disappointing to not have that option at all, since I can't download the Proton Drive app onto them like I can with my Boox enote, but are rather stuck with their default syncing and/or backup offerings like Google if I want or need to use online syncing instead of usb transfers.
Granted syncing stylus note-taking is probably another thing entirely from syncing typing so I'd probably still need to download things into my enotes native platforms for handwriting and editing things in but it would still be nice to have better sync options in general, and maybe consider enotes syncing options as well in the future please?
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Tony R. Baxter commented
This would be remarkable! Proton having same features as google, maybe even better or different in Proton's own way.
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Anonymous commented
FOR LINUX! FEATURES PARITY!
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Douglas commented
I echo this, but please design it for Linux as well. I also use KDE like a user below, but it should ideally be available for all major, recent iterations of linux
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Ben Anderson commented
This is literally the one thing I need to divorce myself from Google totally. I need cloud document editing.
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William Fullington commented
Collaborate with libre office or open office teams to incorporate?
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Joshua commented
I'm not sure I'm convinced that this is a direction I'd want to use Proton services for. However, it might be compelling to me if Proton collaborated with CryptPad to provide this functionality. CryptPad is a secure, real time collaborative, online office suite with many good features. It's open source, so the idea of Proton launching a CryptPad instance that is integrated with all the other Proton apps could be useful and would likely bolster that project further. https://cryptpad.org
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Ed Schultz commented
This is very similar to Dropbox Family Folder. I think both family and professional groups would appreciate at least the ability to have a connected shared folder that all could access with security (read or write) set for each user. As a grander option maybe have folders be allowed to be accessed (per security rule) by and user in the group.
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Mellor Gammat commented
There is already a Deskop App for Proton Drive (Windows). It's inside the web version.
https://proton.me/download/drive/windows/Proton%20Drive%20Setup%201.3.9.exe -
Jim Q commented
This is critical for Proton Drive to be useful for business. Using links does not give the same utility as sharing complete folders to be used within Proton Drive.
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Ron commented
This would allow us to drop the big Cloud sync providers altogether!
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Aram commented
and simple text files creation (.txt and .md)
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Mark commented
Same for me: this is pretty mandatory functionality to migrate from our current cloud services (OneDrive, Nextcloud self hosted). The lack of this kind of functionality is holding me back to switch to Proton with both my family users, as well as my businesses.