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Discord Drive

The Discord Drive stores your files online by cutting them into encrypted pieces (AES-256) sent to Discord. Your files are encrypted on your PC before they leave: neither Discord nor the Orbit server can read them.

Discord is not made to store files and its terms of service do not plan for it: a channel or an account can be deleted. Always keep another copy of your important files.

The tab has three modes, at the top right: Local, Cloud (account) and Drop.

The Discord Drive in Local mode, ready to set up
The Discord Drive in Local mode, ready to set up

Local mode

Everything stays on your PC (the file list and the key); the pieces go to your own Discord channel.

  1. On Discord, pick or create a private channel.
  2. Channel settings › Integrations › Webhooks › New webhook, then Copy webhook URL.
  3. In Orbit, paste it in Discord webhook URL. Several webhooks (one per line, in different channels) make uploads faster.
  4. Pick a strong Encryption passphrase, then Set up Drive.

Without the passphrase, nobody can read the files back, not even you. Write it down somewhere safe: it cannot be recovered.

Each time you open it, type the passphrase to Unlock the Drive. Lock closes it.

Cloud mode (account)

Cloud mode uses an Orbit account: your files follow you on all your PCs.

  1. Create account (e-mail and password) or Sign in.
  2. Pick an encryption passphrase; it protects your files and works on all your devices.

Then: Upload files, New folder, Refresh, filter, download, delete. Videos play straight from the Drive. Forgot password? sends a code by e-mail; it changes the sign-in password, not the passphrase.

The Telegram button stores files on your Telegram account (in your Saved Messages) instead of Discord. The Telegram session stays on your PC.

Drop: share without an account

Drop sends a file to someone, even without an account: Orbit encrypts it with a one-time key and gives you a share code. The other person pastes this code in Drop to download and decrypt the file. Drops expire automatically after a while.

Shared folders (codes starting with orbf1_) open in the same place; you can download them, play them or Save to my Drive.

Share from the Drive

In Cloud mode, Share on a file or a folder creates a code: the content is re-encrypted with a new key, your account key is never sent. Give the share a title: it is visible to anyone who has the code.