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HushOS and Proton Drive

Proton Drive is the closest thing to HushOS: encrypted on your device by default, made by people who mean it. The differences are about openness and where it runs.

Question by question

Can the company read your files?

HushOSNo, never.Every file and its name is locked on your device before upload. We cannot read either.

Proton DriveNo.Files, names and folder structure are encrypted on your device by default.

Your password

HushOSNever sent to us.Not even in a scrambled form. It is checked on your device.

Proton DriveNever sent.Proton uses SRP, a different protocol with the same result.

Sharing

HushOSWith people, or by link.Locked on your device for each person you choose, in a way built to hold up against the computers of the future. Links can have a password and an end date. Stopping a share really stops it, even for what they had already seen.

Proton DriveWith Proton users, or by link.Encrypted end to end. Links can have a password and an expiry date.

Free storage

HushOS2 GB.And more for every friend you invite.

Proton DriveUp to 5 GB.2 GB to start, rising to 5 GB after a few setup steps.

Open source

HushOSYes, all of it.The app and the server. Anyone can read it or run it.

Proton DriveThe apps only.The apps are open source under the GPL and independently audited. The server is not.

Run it yourself

HushOSYes, for free.With a Docker Compose guide.

Proton DriveNo.

Apps

HushOSA web app.It installs on any phone or computer, like an app.

Proton DriveWeb, Windows, Mac, Android and iOS.With file sync on desktop.

Company

HushOSHushOS, United States.Incorporated in Delaware. The hosted service keeps its servers and storage in the European Union.

Proton DriveProton AG, Switzerland.Servers in Switzerland and the European Union.

Choose HushOS if

  • The server is open too, not just the apps. You can run a complete HushOS for your family or team on a machine you own, for free.
  • Sharing with people is sealed to a key you pinned and can check by fingerprint, so a swapped key is caught, and it is post-quantum: a copy of our database taken today stays shut to a quantum computer later.
  • There is nothing to learn. One phrase to keep safe at sign-up, and then it is just a drive.

Proton Drive is the better pick if

  • You want native apps today, with folder sync on your computer. Proton has years of them; HushOS is a web app you install.
  • You already use Proton Mail, Calendar or Pass and want one account for all of it.
  • You want a service with a long track record and published audits. HushOS 1.0 is new.

Moving from Proton Drive

Start free with 2 GB
  1. Download your folders from Proton Drive.
  2. Drag them onto your HushOS Drive.
  3. That is the whole move. Both services keep your files readable only by you, so it is a plain download and upload; nothing has to be unlocked on a server in between.