The main reason why I am not using Proton Drive much is that I can't edit documents and spreadsheets like with Google Drive. I would be very happy to switch from Google Drive to Proton Drive once an alternative for Google Docs and Google Sheets is provided by Proton.

A real competitor to Google Docs and MS Office would be nice.

A simple notes solution is not sustainable. There are hundreds of applications that are infinitely better than a simple notepad. Proton should try collaborative (and personal) documents along the lines of what is possible with the aforementioned competitors.

We have Microsoft office that contains Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and a few other applications. Why not have a more privacy focussed version from Proton. I know libre office exists, I do respect and admire its services but it doesn't feel like a professional product which proton could offer. Especially, with Microsoft adding in AI which is potentially learning from our data it seems fitting at this time.

Maybe start with a "Proton Notes" app it is enough for now.

Make Skiff Pages replacement where I can create documents and collaborate real-time with colleagues or family members.

Would also love this for spreadsheets.

That would be a real Google Docs and Sheets replacement.

You might be able to use some existing browser-based office suite like OnlyOffice or Collabora Office.

One of the difficulties in converting from Google/Microsoft to Proton is the lack of an integrated suite of document, spreadsheet, and presentation software. Proton Press (Word/Docs equivalent), Proton Present (Powerpoint/Slides), and Proton Hyper (Excel/Sheets) would be very useful. I am a software engineer and would love to help.

I agree that this would be great, BUT Proton Docs (IMHO) would be a new product and I worry that Proton have already spread their resources very thin with the existing products. Calendar and Drive are still missing core features and (at least on iOS) updates are coming too slowly from my perspective as a long time paying customer.

Personally I do not think that Proton should introduce any additional products until the existing suite has been polished further. I have not been able to move from Tresorit to Drive yet and after migrating my calendars to Proton, I'm quite close to migrating them away again due to missing basic features.

So Proton Docs - yes, would be great, but more investment and focus needed on existing products first.

While I understand why Drive doesn't support live edit options due to security. Having an online excel that you can either edit via Drive or a standalone app would be extremely beneficial. Even if it's limited to personal use or allowing only other invited proton users.

If your friend also has proton drive and he wants to share a huge amount of data, would be easier to make share a copy on your existing proton drive

From 2016 to 2024. Crickets from Proton. I have been making to move from the G silo but not having even a simple document service after 8 years of people begging is pretty poor coming up on just shy of 18000 votes.

Ditto. I had a sudden need for a collaboration feature in ProtonDrive. At this time the feature doesn't exist in Proton, so I'm passing over an upgrade to the ProtonDrive account in favor of a cloud service that does offer the collaboration function.

The feature request remains unfulfilled since the December 2016, despite the number of votes 3X more than the next runner-up. Which I take to imply that it's not possible within the current Proton security framework. Else the feature would have been implemented ages ago.

Proton Drive is great except for this BIG exception. I would leave all my Google Drive accounts if this feature to edit, etc spreadsheets whether in word or excel were available here.

PLEASE GET THIS FEATURE added to proton drive!

Cloud writer and spreadsheet software linked to proton drive. Could be a reimplementation of something like libreoffice or if there’s already an open source cloud based word processing software, repurpose the code from there.

I think it is more similar to https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/932839-proton-drive/suggestions/46082389-alter-documents-in-drive-without-downloading-alte

I don t think we are talking here of having a suite like google docs. It is a more general request for any type of file.This works for we on windows with the proton drive app. However, i need badly this feature on Android. Must have. Deal breaker

Full office suit is not an urgent feature, at least a plain text editor (maybe with markdown support) would be super nice.

It would be amazing to have a freemium cloud suite with spreadsheets, documents, and slideshows with security and encryption. Google and Microsoft are the only big players in this game, and even then the free plan is web-only. I propose that it be both desktop and web for Flatpak (multi-distro support, less work), Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android. It should also integrate with proton mail, as a share button, and save to your proton drive.

Share folders and files between multiple proton users of group members. Work all in the same folder, just as SharePoint/MSTeams. More collaborating instead of sharing as it is now.

This is very important to me since this works really convenient with Google Docs and it would be great if Proton will have this feature.