[ldubost]

I'm from the CryptPad team.

We hope to be able to give an API in the future but there are a few concerns to allow sync tools to operate:

- server load and volume of data when syncing large volumes of data, especially for our flagship instance. CryptPad is currently used for realtime editing not for large data sync. We already host 6TB of data and it's unclear were that would lead us. - version compatibility with apps not upgraded to the latest version of the API

These are similar reasons that kept us away from federation.

Our team is small and already a lot of work. Hiring is limited by our funding.

Ludovic

[creshal]

I feel you, but Drive is borderline useless and I can't sell any potential users on "you put all your data here but documents go there (but it still looks like you could put other stuff here but that's an illusion) unless you manually export them and then everything gets weird" - I'll count myself lucky if I can finish the sentence before they renew their existing cloud service.

[ldubost]

Drive might be 'useless' to you in it's form because you want more from CryptPad (more features in it, more local sync, more anything), but it is very useful to organize your docs that you work on in CryptPad. It also allows shared folders and so on.

What's interesting is that surveying our users did not show local sync as hugely demanded. Mobile access comes up the highest.

[creshal]

> What's interesting is that surveying our users did not show local sync as hugely demanded.

Well, obviously. I won't be an user until Drive actually does work the way its name implies.

[freedomben]

Just sharing in case it's helpful to you. For someone like me, a feature rich API that can do nearly anything the UI can do is a major selling point and something that gets me to open my wallet. I am no doubt a niche case, but figured I'd share for what it's worth

[ldubost]

We do believe having an API is valuable and a good selling point. It's also a great way to get an ecosystem to help us extend the product. Now it's also more responsibility to maintain compatibility. We want to be able to continue to upgrade services (in particularly cryptpad.fr). Apps using the API would need to continue to function or by security be locked out. This is a lot more work for the small team.

Ludovic from the CryptPad team

[nunobrito]

Hey Ludovic, just to give a shout of appreciation for your hard work over the years.

Keep rocking!

[ldubost]

Thanks on behalf if the team.

Ludovic