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24 alternatives to Perma
Most cloud storage works like a rental: keep paying every month or risk losing access. Perma takes a different approach. You buy upload capacity upfront, your browser encrypts each file before upload, and your private key stays on your device. The result is a private vault that
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Secure & private cloud storage & file sharing
2023 · transferchain.io · its alternatives →
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Last week SWYX nerd-sniped me into building an Open-source Dropbox. Here is Locker: the ultimate open-source Google Drive/box/Dropbox alternative - Provider agnostic (S3, R2, vercel blob, local) - BYOB (Bring your own bucket) - Virtual file system - QMD Search plugin
Apr 2026 · locker.dev · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I'm building ThirdCloud with the goal to replace Google Drive for everyone: more private, cheaper & maybe better UI/UX. So far, I've successfully implemented the main feature, which involves uploading and downloading files. Files are encrypted before being sent to IPFS network. Would like to hear your thoughts on this proof of concept.
2023 · thirdcloud.org · its alternatives →
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Internxt▲93Secure, private, decentralized & open source cloud storage
2021 · internxt.com · its alternatives →
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Drivebase▲98Unified file manager for all your cloud storage with E2EE
Feb 2026 · drivebase.io · its alternatives →
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Encrypted filesharing through the IPFS network
2021 · sedo.com · its alternatives →
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Internxt Drive▲102The world's most secure & private cloud storage service
2020 · internxt.com · its alternatives →
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Seveum▲129File transfer with no cloud storage, no account, no limits
2025 · altersend.com · its alternatives →
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Immutable cloud storage with multi-cloud redundancy. Zero-knowledge encryption, unlimited devices. Built on restic — no vendor lock-in. From $5/month.
2018 · relicabackup.com · its alternatives →
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T-Drive▲128Free secure unlimited cloud file storage based on Telegram
2022 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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I've decided to bite the bullet and release Bitbox.co and get some feedback. I've been coding for years and one of the things I constantly see companies do is write and rewrite a document storage system, so I decided to write one for them. Bitbox.co uses cloud storage (currently Azure) to store documents but can be coded to use any cloud service. Documents can be public or private and URLs to that document can be used directly in HTML. There are currently a list of WebAPIs for developers to use as a tool, or build an entire system around. This is an MVP and it's simple. Upload a file, get a…
2018 · its alternatives →
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Keeper is an embeddable secret store (Argon2id, XChaCha20-Poly1305 by default). Four security levels, audit chains, crash-safe rotation. Vault is overkill for most use cases. This is for when you ge paranoid about env and need encrypted local storage that doesn't suck. No security through obscurity, hence, It's still early, so now's the best time to find weird edge cases, race conditions, memory leaks, crypto misuse, anything that breaks. The README has a full security model breakdown if you want to get adversarial.
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · disk42.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I’m Ilias, 19, from Paris. I built Ellipticc Drive, an open-source cloud drive with true end-to-end encryption and post-quantum security, designed to be Dropbox-like in UX but with zero access to your data, even by the host. What’s unique: Free 10GB for every user, forever. Open-source frontend (audit or self-host if you want) Tech stack: Frontend: Next.js Crypto: WebCrypto (hashing) + Noble (core primitives) Encryption: XChaCha20-Poly1305 (file chunks) Key wrapping: Kyber (ML-KEM768) Signing: Ed25519 + Dilithium2 (ML-DSA65) Key derivation: Argon2id → Master Key → encrypts all…
Oct 2025 · ellipticc.com · its alternatives →
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Turn any storage drive into your private cloud in under $100
2024 · its alternatives →
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DRIVUNO▲3Your private cloud. Even we can't read your data.
May 2026 · drivuno.com · its alternatives →
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I made a simple site that allows you to upload files. It requires no sign up and 100% free. The biggest advantage is that it returns you the direct URL to your file. So you can use it to store images for MD-based forum posts. Or put in your site's . I use the Cloudflare R2 storage which offers zero egress fees. So I pay $0 of transfer costs. I added a simple anti-nsfw files check and a simple anti-malware check. Please do not try to break it. Thanks! (>‿◠)
2024 · uploadfile.click · its alternatives →
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