Archive

An archive you find things in, not just put things in

Folders that tell you who can get in, a workspace for each client or job, labels and a search that really searches. A good structure gets saved as a template and reused.

The company space, with people next to the folders

In Files every folder shows who sees it: avatars next to the name, creator below, size and last change on the right. No need to open a panel to know whether the client can reach it. Workspaces group a client’s or project’s folders, members and rules; the gallery collects images from any folder; the dashboard keeps favourites, recents and deadlines at hand.

How it works

  1. Create the structure once

    Folders on as many levels as you like, with icon and colour. A structure that works — “Client / Contracts / Invoices / Correspondence” — is saved as a template and applied to the next client in one click.

  2. Group into a workspace

    A workspace keeps a client’s or job’s folders, members and rules together. Whoever enters sees the picture: how many files, how many folders, who is in charge.

  3. Find it again with search or the gallery

    Search filters by name, type, label, author and date, even inside the trash. Images are browsed in the gallery, with folder covers and the tags the AI added by itself.

If you have to ask whoever filed it to find a file, the archive is not working.

What you can do

  • Who has access, always visible

    Avatars next to every folder and a “Who has access” banner at the bottom: people, groups and roles, with markers for what is inherited.

  • Structure templates

    Save a folder as a template and apply it elsewhere: folders only, no files, no typos by the third client.

  • Labels, notes and board

    Coloured labels on files and folders, a note pinned where needed, and the board for what everyone must see this week.

  • Gallery with covers

    Folders with images become albums with an auto-generated cover; from there you pick and send a PDF to the client.

  • Folder index in Excel

    An XLSX with path, type, size, author, dates, SHA-256 hash, versions and shares of every file: the inventory the auditor asks for.

  • Dashboard and trash

    Widgets for favourites, recents, personal space, shares and deadlines. The trash keeps files 30 days and puts them back where they were.

In depth

Giving it a shape

  • Folder structure templates

    “01 Contract, 02 Documents, 03 Correspondence, 04 Invoices” — and under Invoices “2025, 2026”. By the third client someone types “Invocies”. A structure template saves the tree and reapplies it identically: folders and subfolders, no files, no typos.

  • Clone structure

    The “2025” folder has twelve months, each with “Income”, “Expenses”, “Bank”. For 2026 you do not rebuild it: right-click → Clone structure → destination. All the folders are there, empty, in ten seconds.

  • Automatic reorganisation

    The archive inherited from a server or an old management system: folders by scan date, names like “doc_0231”. Automatic reorganisation reads the files, understands what they are and proposes two or three ways to order them — by client and year, by type, by case. You see the proposals side by side, pick one, and for thirty days you can change your mind.

Describing and finding

  • Labels

    Folders say where a file is; labels say what it is, for whom, in what state — and a file can have more than one. Company labels are seen by everyone; your personal ones only by you; and keyword rules label what arrives on their own: “invoice” in the text, “Invoice” label on the file.

  • Search fields

    A label says “invoice”. A field says “amount: €7,400”, “client: Marino”, “document date: 12/03/2026” — and search understands it: greater than, between, before. Fields are defined once for the whole company and filled in on files, in a panel or in bulk on a selection.

  • Gallery

    IMG_4021.jpg says nothing. The Gallery shows the archive’s images and videos as images: a cover per folder, the tree of site visits, trade fairs, products. You search “the site photo with the crane” and find it, even if nobody ever renamed it.

  • Folder index XLSX

    You deliver a case’s documentation and want a record of what was inside: name, path, size, who uploaded it, when, how many versions, whom it was shared with — and the SHA-256 fingerprint of every file, proving that was the file. One XLSX, generated from the context menu.

Spaces and collections

  • Personal space

    Drafts that are not ready, notes, personal documents needed for work: the personal space is the part of Files that is yours and yours only. It has a dedicated quota, appears to nobody else — administrators included — and what you want seen you share yourself, with whom you decide.

  • Board

    The archive has thousands of files; you, this week, use seven, plus two folders, the link to the management system and a reminder. The Board keeps them together: containers you name as you like, pins you drag, notes you write there. It is yours, and a container can be shared with whoever works with you.

  • Email attachment archive

    Every attachment entering your kMail mailbox is saved on its own to your personal Files space, inside a tree that builds itself: mailbox, sender, conversation. The supplier’s quote you find by supplier, not by scrolling through March’s mail.

Frequently asked questions

How many folder levels can I have?

As many as you need. Folder sizes are computed over the whole subtree, so you see how much “Clients” really weighs, not just the first-level files.

What is a workspace compared with a folder?

A folder holds files. A workspace holds folders, members and rules: who can download, whether approval is needed, whether external sharing is blocked. It is the frame around a client or a project.

Do site photos end up in the gallery by themselves?

Yes. Every folder containing images appears in the gallery with its cover, updated on each upload. Photos stay where you put them: the gallery is another way of looking at the same folders.

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