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User Guide

  • Introduction
  • Install Parsec
    • Install Parsec app
    • Update Parsec app
    • Install an older version of Parsec
  • Create an organization
    • Create an organization on Parsec
    • Create an organization on Trial
    • Create an organization on my own Parsec server
  • First steps with Parsec
  • Manage your organization
    • Invite a user
      • Invite a user by email address
      • Invite a user by join request
    • Revoke a user
    • User profiles
      • External profile
      • Member profile
      • Administrator profile
    • Change the profile
  • Join an organization
    • Join an organization with an invitation link
      • Start the invitation process
      • Verify your identity with a code exchange
      • Set up your account
    • Join an organization with a join request
      • Request to join the organization
  • Parsec workspaces
    • Create a workspace
    • Share a workspace
    • Workspace roles
    • Copy user roles to another user
    • Browse workspace history and restore files
  • Files and folders
    • Importing files
      • Using the import button
      • Using drag and drop
      • The import window
    • Working with files and folders
      • Creating a folder
      • Deleting files
      • Renaming files
      • Copying files
      • Moving files
      • Share a link to a file
    • File explorer integration
    • Opening a file
      • Using an external application
      • Using Parsec preview
      • Recent documents
  • Manage your devices
    • Add a new device
    • Recovery files
    • Create a recovery files
    • Use a recovery file to get back access
  • Multi-factor authentication
    • Why enable MFA?
      • Trade-off: Security benefits and usability
    • How to enable MFA
    • Log in with MFA
    • Recovering access when the authenticator app is lost
      • Reset your MFA
  • Security best practices
    • How to prevent data loss
      • What is data loss?
      • How Parsec helps me reducing the risk of data loss
      • How can I reduce the risk of data loss?
    • How to prevent data leaks
      • What are data leaks?
      • How Parsec helps me reducing the risk of data leaks
      • How can I reduce the risk of data leaks?
    • How to verify a Parsec link
      • What is a Parsec link?
      • What should I verify in a Parsec link?
    • How to enable web browser storage
      • Chrome
      • Firefox
      • Safari
  • Troubleshooting
    • MacOS Finder errors
    • Microsoft Excel/Word or similar software says the file name is too long

Hosting Guide

  • Introduction
  • Install Linux CLI
  • Server Deployment
    • Requirements
    • Preamble
    • Parsec testing infra
      • With Docker
        • Generating the required TLS certificates
        • The env files
        • The docker-compose file
        • Starting the services
        • Initial configuration
      • On Bare Metal
        • Requirements
        • Configure the environment
        • Installation
        • Start the server
    • Start using Parsec server
      • Create the first organization
      • Add the first user to the organization
    • Running behind a reverse proxy
    • TLS Recommendation
    • TLS Server configuration
  • Server Maintenance
    • Backup and restore
      • Notes on consistency
      • PostgreSQL database
        • Backing up the database
        • Restoring the database
      • Object storage (S3)
        • Backing up the bucket
        • Restoring the bucket
    • Upgrade Parsec Server
    • Downgrade Parsec Server
  • Server Administration
    • Extract server statistics
    • Extract organization statistics
    • Freeze users
      • HTTP /users route
      • HTTP /users/freeze route
      • HTTP Error handling
      • Note on user identification
    • Shared recovery
      • Overview
      • Shared recovery creation
      • Recover access with shared recovery
      • An example scenario
    • MFA setup reset
  • Sequester service
    • Security considerations
    • Requirements
    • Authority key
    • Create and bootstrap organization with sequester authority
    • Sequester service key and certificate
    • Enable sequester service
    • Exporting data with sequester service
    • Using exported data
  • Parsec customization
    • Native app
    • Web app
      • Images
      • Texts
      • Server emails & HTML pages

Development

  • History
    • Parsec v3.8.1 (2026-03-17)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Improved Documentation
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v3.8.0 (2026-03-09)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v3.7.1 (2025-12-11)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v3.7.0 (2025-11-28)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v3.6.1 (2025-11-14)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v3.5.2 (2025-10-21)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v3.5.1 (2025-10-21)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v3.5.0 (2025-09-18)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Improved Documentation
    • Parsec v3.4.0 (2025-06-11)
      • Features
      • Improved Documentation
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v3.3.2 (2025-03-04)
      • bugfixes
    • Parsec v3.3.1 (2025-03-04)
      • bugfixes
    • Parsec v3.3.0 (2025-02-25)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v3.2.4 (2025-01-21)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v3.2.3 (2024-12-18)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v3.2.2 (2024-12-16)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v3.2.1 (2024-12-03)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v3.2.0 (2024-11-22)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v3.1.0 (2024-10-15)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v3.0.3 (2024-10-03)
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v3.0.2 (2024-10-01)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Improved Documentation
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v3.0.1 (2024-09-26)
      • Bugfixes
      • Improved Documentation
    • Parsec v3.0.0 (2024-09-18)
    • Parsec v2.17.0 (2024-02-13)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Improved Documentation
    • Parsec v2.16.3 (2023-12-01)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v2.16.2 (2023-11-28)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v2.16.1 (2023-11-13)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v2.16.0 (2023-10-31)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Improved Documentation
      • Client/Backend API evolutions
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.15.0 (2022-12-12)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.14.1 (2022-11-24)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v2.14.0 (2022-11-10)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.13.0 (2022-10-19)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v2.12.1 (2022-09-13)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v2.12.0 (2022-09-08)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v2.11.1 (2022-08-16)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v2.11.0 (2022-08-01)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v2.10.0 (2022-06-30)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.9.2 (2022-05-23)
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.9.1 (2022-05-23)
    • Parsec v2.9.0 (2022-05-20)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.8.1 (2022-04-08)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v2.8.0 (2022-04-06)
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.7.0 (2022-04-01)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.6.0 (2021-11-09)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.5.5 (2021-09-30)
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.5.4 (2021-09-21)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v2.5.3 (2021-09-10)
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.5.2 (2021-09-08)
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.5.1 (2021-09-02)
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.5.0 (2021-09-02)
      • Bugfixes
      • Client/Backend API evolutions
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.4.2 (2021-07-06)
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.4.1 (2021-06-29)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v2.4.0 (2021-06-29)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Deprecations and Removals
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.3.1 (2021-05-10)
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.3.0 (2021-05-04)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.2.4 (2021-03-18)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Deprecations and Removals
      • Client/Backend API evolutions
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.2.3 (2021-01-29)
    • Features
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v2.2.2 (2020-12-15)
    • Parsec v2.2.1 (2020-12-15)
    • Features
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v2.2.0 (2020-12-14)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Client/Backend API evolutions
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.1.0 (2020-10-08)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Deprecations and Removals
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v2.0.0 (2020-09-03)
    • Parsec v1.15.2 (2020-09-02)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec v1.15.0 (2020-08-29)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec v1.14.0 (2020-08-06)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Client/Backend API evolutions
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec 1.13.0 (2020-04-29)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec 1.12.0 (2020-04-14)
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec 1.11.4 (2020-03-31)
    • Parsec 1.11.3 (2020-03-31)
    • Parsec 1.11.2 (2020-03-31)
    • Parsec 1.11.1 (2020-03-31)
    • Parsec 1.11.0 (2020-03-30)
      • Features
    • Parsec 1.10.0 (2020-03-26)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec 1.9.1 (2020-03-13)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec 1.9.0 (2020-03-06)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec 1.8.0 (2020-03-03)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Improved Documentation
    • Parsec 1.7.2 (2020-02-24)
    • Parsec 1.7.1 (2020-02-24)
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec 1.7.0 (2020-02-22)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec 1.6.0 (2020-02-12)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec 1.5.0 (2020-01-20)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec 1.4.0 (2019-12-06)
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec 1.3.0 (2019-11-28)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec 1.2.1 (2019-11-20)
    • Parsec 1.2.0 (2019-11-15)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec 1.1.2 (2019-10-22)
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec 1.1.1 (2019-10-21)
      • Bugfixes
    • Parsec 1.1.0 (2019-10-21)
      • Features
      • Bugfixes
      • Miscellaneous internal changes
    • Parsec 1.0.2 (2019-10-01)
    • Parsec 1.0.1 (2019-09-25)
    • Parsec 1.0.0 (2019-09-10)
Parsec
  • Server Administration
  • Edit on GitHub

Server Administration

  • Extract server statistics
  • Extract organization statistics
  • Freeze users
  • Shared recovery
  • MFA setup reset
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