📁 local storage
privacy‑first
locloud
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💾 IndexedDB
🗣 100% client‑side
🚫 no tracking
A local cloud that lives entirely in your browser —
save files, store text notes, and keep your data private. No server, no uploads, no trackers.
What is locloud?
explainer
locloud is a lightweight web tool that turns your browser into a
local cloud storage — without any cloud servers. It uses
IndexedDB, a built‑in browser database, to persistently store:
- Any file type — documents, images, PDFs, audio, video, archives, etc.
📦 Files are stored as binary blobs, exactly as you upload them.
- Text notes — quick ideas, to‑do lists, code snippets, or any plain text.
✏️ Everything stays in your browser, never sent anywhere.
All operations happen 100% on your device. No data is transmitted,
no cookies are set, no analytics are collected. Your privacy is fully respected —
just as the PRIV web manifesto demands.
💡 Key idea:
locloud gives you the feeling of a cloud drive, but
everything stays local. It's your data, in your browser,
under your control.
When to use locloud
use cases
📄 Offline file archive
Store important documents, reference images, or PDFs locally.
Access them even without an internet connection.
✏️ Personal notebook
Keep notes, code snippets, or journal entries without
relying on third‑party cloud services. Private by default.
🗣 Privacy‑sensitive data
If you don't trust external clouds with your data, locloud
keeps everything on your machine. No uploads, no exposure.
💻 Demo & prototyping
Show how browser storage works, experiment with IndexedDB,
or build a quick MVP without setting up a backend.
💡 In short: anytime you need persistent local storage
with a simple, clean interface — and you care about privacy.
Advantages
pros
- 100% client‑side — everything runs in your browser. No servers, no uploads, no middlemen.
- Privacy first — zero data sent anywhere. No cookies, no tracking, no telemetry, no analytics.
- Persistent storage — uses IndexedDB. Your files and notes remain saved even after closing the browser.
- No installation — works in any modern browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge).
- Any file type — upload images, PDFs, audio, video, archives, or any binary file.
- Text notes — quick, friction‑free text saving with timestamped titles.
- Simple & intuitive — upload, save, view, copy, delete. No learning curve.
- Completely free — no paywalls, no registration, no hidden costs, no subscriptions.
✅ Built under the PRIV web philosophy —
transparent, ethical, and user‑centric. Your data stays yours.
Limitations
cons
- Browser‑dependent storage — each browser has its own IndexedDB quota.
Chrome typically allows ~10% of free disk space, Safari and Firefox have their own limits.
- No cross‑device sync — data is stored locally on each device.
locloud does not sync between browsers or machines.
- No backup — if you clear your browser data, locloud's storage is wiped.
Always keep external backups of important files.
- No encryption at rest — data is stored as‑is in IndexedDB.
It's not encrypted by default (though the browser's storage is isolated per origin).
- Requires JavaScript — the tool is fully client‑side, so
it needs JavaScript enabled in your browser to work.
- No folder structure — all items are flat in a single list.
You can't organize them into folders (yet).
🧠 Most of these are intentional trade‑offs to keep locloud simple,
private, and dependency‑free. If you need sync or encryption,
consider it a feature request for the future.