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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Martin Erman commented
This is very important for me to, trying to degoogle my life.
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Overuse
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I absolutely need open document format support. It's always a hassle on Linux to download a file through the (still only) *web-app*, edit it with LibreOffice, save it somewhere, then upload it again and delete the local file, just to make a "remote" change.
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trader mu commented
I've added 3 votes to your post and have my own thread on this here:
https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/945460-general-ideas/suggestions/48485528-proton-officeAdd 3 votes and vote it as critical so we can be heard! I want what you want!
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trader mu commented
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trader mu commented
I forgot to throw Trello up there. I know it is a Kanban type software, but it sure is a good one.
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trader mu commented
Proton Office:
An integration with OnlyOffice (for online GUI), CryptPad or OpenOffice would work just fine; I would pay an additional bit for some form of office suite or Notion/Kanban esq integration with for the Proton software suite. Ideally, all of the features of OnlyOffice/OpenOffice with a notion-like productivity journal.I think this is IMPERATIVE if you are aiming to compete with Google and Microsoft for their cloud software suites. You would easily be able to shill buying more Proton Drive space if this were added, which I would likely buy on top of any price increases for an office feature.
I love that Proton Pass has notes, but it isn't enough. Maybe start with an OnlyOffice integration that works with Proton Drive similar to how Cryptpad.fr does it? Furthermore, I know that XWiki, the creators of Cryptpad, do contract work with corporations. Since they have almost exactly what I am asking for on Proton, maybe reaching out to them and OnlyOffice would be a good idea?
Developers, check out OnlyOffice and Cryptpad.fr (which is also an E2E encrypted service that offers collaborative editing) and see if you could replicate their offerings for us Proton users. That would essentially complete the software suite in my eyes.
Even if you wanted to eventually create your own native solution, THIS would be a great starting/testing point.
Thank you.
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Alvaro
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Completely agree on integrating Standard Notes into the Proton suite of products. I am a Notion user, paid because I need more storage capacity than the one offered in the free version, but Notion is quite expensive, and I do not use the collaboration features that Notion offers, I just need a personal wiki to use it as my second brain.
I was not aware of Standard Notes (thanks @Huey for sharing!) so I will start trying it now. Proton team: It will be great if in an eventual future launch of "Proton Notes" you include the feature of importing user content from Notion, Standard Notes and the rest of the main note-taking apps.
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ProtoDucto
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If such a thing happens, please, re-use already existing open source projects like Collabora Office, Cryptpad or OnlyOffice and do not reinvent the wheel from the ground up.
That's the spirit of Open source and allows for quicker development.Invite the community as soon as possible to speed up the development.
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Caleb Abbruzzese commented
I'm considering the switch and want to migrate my skiff drive files... but without a basic word processor I can't.
100% required before I commit to any proton mail services. Collaboration is not particularly important for a first pass at this.
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Ronnie
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Onlyoffice decided to make mobile usage require a subscription fee, even though it was previously available to everyone for free. Collabora is an awesome alternative!
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ProtoDucto
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Use an already existing open source frame (like Cryptpad, OnlyOffice or Collabora Office/LibreOffice Online) to create an integrated and collaborative encrypted office suite.
Make it Open source from the very beginning and allow for the community to actively help the development and improvement of the project. Allow and encourage upstream contribution to the office projects.
(There are already three other ideas about an office suite (1. Cryptpad, 2. Onlyoffice and 3. LibreOffice. Merge the ideas into this one ?)
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ProtoDucto
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Collabora Office is also a viable, if not better option for a collaborative, integrated and encrypted open source office suite.
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Andrew Furmanczyk commented
This is the most important product missing from the Proton suite. Having a beautiful and private (but shareable) word processor, and spreadsheet would be game changing.
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[Deleted User]
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Seeing all these post combined and with the highest number of upvotes on the whole Proton Uservoice I expect this suggestion is getting some attention and hopefully is going to be a planned feature.
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Jipetouille
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That would be actually a very good idea. I move from Murena.io (/e/OS) because of the lack of encryption. But now I'm a bit disappointed by the lack of interoperability of Proton Services when it comes to share multiple documents on multiple devices and edit them. For exemple, opening an office document in Android, that I started on PC was totally doable with Murena, and a pain even for a txt document with Proton. I'm not worried, Proton services are new and they increase very quickly over the months. The acquisition of a note taking app is exciting for this purpose but I dream to get bigger.
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Almost Unhackable
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Similar to Google Docs or Microsoft Online Office, only a productivity suite that is private and not read by big tech for AI learning .. A productivity suite that is collaborative and ties in with Proton Drive.
I dont like the idea of Google reading my doc's, but they make the best collaborative doc platform -
Øistein
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I've been using cryptpad lately, and would love to see a proton collaboration
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Ron Kennedy commented
Yes, some basic apps need to be integrated with Drive.
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[Deleted User]
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Now with the acquisition of Standard Notes I think there is room to expand its features with PowerPoints and Documents. It already has Spreadsheets. Then it would start being an alternative for Microsoft Word and PowerPoint (or Googles services). I think that would be a great addition for individuals but of course also businesses.
I personally need an Office program and since I can't sync my documents from MS Office automatically with Proton Drive, this would kill two birds with one stone.
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Huey
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Just commenting to slightly revise -- and name Etherpad as a good open source alternative to Skiff Pages (which I don't actually think ever released their code).