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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.

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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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  • Joshua commented  ·   ·  Report

    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

  • Ed Schultz commented  ·   ·  Report

    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.

  • Jim Q commented  ·   ·  Report

    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.

  • Ron commented  ·   ·  Report

    This would allow us to drop the big Cloud sync providers altogether!

  • Aram commented  ·   ·  Report

    and simple text files creation (.txt and .md)

  • Mark commented  ·   ·  Report

    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.

  • Joshua commented  ·   ·  Report

    Proton Drive works well as a file repository, but even that can prove cumbersome if you need to view something. We shouldn't have to log into a website to view a file. The desktop apps are obvious delayed, so please just give us a more realistic date when we can finally have this functionality.

  • Dom commented  ·   ·  Report

    not only microsoft formats... open document formats should be prioritised

  • MH commented  ·   ·  Report

    Agree with everyone, is mega critical feature!!!

  • Geoff Fitch commented  ·   ·  Report

    Current Tresorit user - would love to consider Proton but your functionality is super basic. Essentially useless to manually sync files. - need reliable auto syncing to devices. macOS, iOS etc.

  • Athenkosi commented  ·   ·  Report

    A Proton drive desktop app is a must, syncing files would be amazing and would sway me closer to using proton apps exclusively

  • Andrew Maggs commented  ·   ·  Report

    The absolute most critical feature must be desktop sync like, OneDrive, Google Drive, iCloud, DropBox and just about every other cloud provider supports. I used to use BoxCryptor with OneDrive until BoxCryptor abandoned its customers when it sold out to DropBox and have switched to Proton Drive which is great, but manual download, edit and upload is just such a painful workflow.

  • Sandwich commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'd also absolutely love to see this feature, with no Linux Drive client you're a bit stuck when sharing files currently.

    Say I share a shopping list with a family member, they have a link to that file; if I edit that file there's currently no way (that I've found) to edit the document tied to that link without employing another device, which is a bit of a tedious workflow.

  • Howard Holmes commented  ·   ·  Report

    100% agree. The only reason I'm still using Google Docs, despite having an 'Unlimited' Proton plan active, is because I need the Docs feature. Even a simple beta feature with the basic text style and page options would be enough to make the jump from Google to Proton.

  • Howard Holmes commented  ·   ·  Report

    Absolutely agree. To me this would be a critical improvement. I already have an 'Unlimited' plan (which I use it mostly for email and VPN), and love the user interface of Proton Drive. It looks much cleaner and intuitive than Google Docs and One Drive. But the only reason I'm not yet using Proton Drive, despite having a lot of GB available there, is because I need the 'Docs' feature. If Proton Drive includes this, either as a built in function or as a separate 'Proton Docs' app, then I could definitely make the jump from Google Drive to Proton Drive. As leion247 said, I don't need it to have thousands of features and options, just with having the basic text options would be enough for the start.

  • Francois commented  ·   ·  Report

    Agree! (except IOS app). Waiting for this to happend I stick to kdrive from Infomaniak

  • George Hutchings commented  ·   ·  Report

    Desktop Sync is an absolute must. When can we expect this to be available?

  • Jason commented  ·   ·  Report

    Maybe move this request to the Proton Drive feedback area?

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