ChestThe right version, every time.
Chest files every document, keeps every original, and shows everyone the approved version.
100% free, open source alternative to Google Drive, Dropbox and Box
Free and open source, MIT licensed.
Public liability certificate
Supplier Kestrel Freight
- Upload the new oneliability-2027.pdfSubmitted
- Everyone still opens this oneliability-2026.pdfCurrent approved
- Approve it. Now it’s current.Approve this exact version
Free for the whole library.
Chest is 100% free and open source. It’s MIT licensed, so it’s yours to use, change and run.
MIT License
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge
File it once. Find it fast.
Give each document a type, an owner and a supplier, customer or project. Search by title or any field.
Search titles, fields and extracted UTF-8 text
- Document type
- Insurance
- Supplier
- Kestrel Freight
- Owner
- maria@kestrel-freight.example
- Review
- 2027-03-01
Every original, kept.
A replacement adds a new version. The old one stays, with who approved it and when.
liability-2025.pdf
liability-2026.pdfCurrent approved
SHA-256 3f2e9c…a41d
liability-2027.pdf
The right people, and only them.
Let people and groups read, edit or review. Remove someone, and their access ends everywhere.
Effective readers
- Maria Chenreviewer
- Dan Haleeditor
- Accounts teamreader
Renewals you won’t miss.
Set a review date and an expiry date. Chest lists what’s due and records who checked it.
Review and expiry work
- Equipment hire termsexpiry 2026-10-20Due
- Public liability certificatereview 2027-03-01Upcoming
- Site induction checklistreview 2026-09-30Completed with evidence
Try it beside your drive.
Drafts can stay where your team writes them. File the approved records in Chest.
Take the whole library with you.
One export holds every original, version, decision and grant. Restore it into a fresh Chest.
Put your records in order.
- liability-2027.pdfSubmitted
- contract-2026.pdfApproved
- invoice-2025.pdfApproved