--- title: Your documents aren’t really yours: The case for... description: Centralized document platforms like SharePoint and Google Docs create risks around data integrity, availability, and ownership — especially across... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/your-documents-aren-t-really-yours-the-case-for-decentralized-document-management-budvef1fg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Your documents aren’t really yours: The case for decentralized document management | daily.dev og:description: Centralized document platforms like SharePoint and Google Docs create risks around data integrity, availability, and ownership — especially across... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/your-documents-aren-t-really-yours-the-case-for-decentralized-document-management-budvef1fg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BUDVef1Fg.png og:image:alt: Your documents aren’t really yours: The case for decentralized document management og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Your documents aren’t really yours: The case for decentralized document management **[All Things Open](https://daily.dev/sources/allthingsopen)** · 7 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Centralized document platforms like SharePoint and Google Docs create risks around data integrity, availability, and ownership — especially across organizational boundaries. The post argues for decentralized document management using IPFS, where files are identified by cryptographic content hashes rather than location, giving each participant full control over their own data copy. IPFS-cluster handles decentralized pinning coordination, and versioning is managed via metadata linking. TruSpace, an open source implementation built on this approach, adds a private IPFS backbone, workspace UI, and local AI analysis via Ollama to avoid dependency on centralized LLM providers. Challenges include higher installation/maintenance overhead and UX complexity compared to centralized tools, with future work aimed at bridging to existing tools like Nextcloud. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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