Parsec Cloud : Secure Cloud Framework

Parsec is a free software (AGPL v3) aiming at easily share your work and data in the cloud in total privacy thanks to cryptographic security.

Key Features

  • Works as a virtual drive on you computer. You can access and modify all the data stored in Parsec with your regular softwares just like you would on your local hard-drive.
  • Never lose any data. Synchronization with the remote server never destroy any data, hence you can browse data history and recover from any point in time.
  • Client-side cryptographic security. Data and metadata are only visible by you and the ones you choose to share with.
  • Cryptographic signature. Each modification is signed by it author making trivial to identify modifications.
  • Cloud provider agnostic. Server provides connectors for S3 and swift object storage.
  • Simplified enrollment. New user enrollment is simple as sharing a link and a token code.

Installation Methods

  • Windows Installer

Windows installers are available at https://github.com/Scille/parsec-cloud/releases/latest

  • Linux Snap

Available for Linux through Snapcraft at https://snapcraft.io/parsec

  • Python PIP

Parsec is also available directly through PIP for both Linux and Windows with Python > 3.6 with the command: pip install parsec-cloud (or, if you need to specify Python 3 pip version, pip3 install parsec-cloud)

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