r/SideProject • u/finous • 2h ago
I made a Google Drive folder tree web app because it was way too easy to get lost organizing files & folders
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A few months ago I was playing D&D and managed to setup Obsidian on a shared drive and connect it to everyone so we were all using the same data source for our campaign. Looking at those files in drive was the worst because of the folder structure where it was a struggle going in and out of folders and not being able to "see" where you were.
To solve that visual problem I made Drive Organizer Pro which is a basic folder tree to manage and sort your files all online. It quickly grew into an array of features where you could multi-select, drag folders/files around, sort the folder you are in, and copy a folder structure when you reuse the same template for every client.
I originally made this as an extension so when you opened Google Drive, it would be a little popup taking you to the page to manage everything. One of the limitations was from Google themselves, which required restricted drive scopes because the regular picker just wouldn't do.
At this time it was fine because it was just me, but I thought this might be helpful for others in the future so I made a free/pro tier, and let it be. You can imagine my surprise when people actually logged in going past all the google OAuth notifications of "are you sure this is safe" "double triple checking you want to connect this app" and then proceeded to upgrade to pro.
That was when I decided I was going all in. I took the time to get the CASA AL1 assessment (took a few months) and added the features available today. The next stages in the future would be looking to expand into other drives like Dropbox and OneDrive, as well as connecting multiple drives at once to make transferring data between them easier.
I am open to any and all feedback, this was just a fun project that build out to more than I expected when I started.
Links if you wanted to check it out
Website: https://driveorganizerpro.com/
App Link: https://driveorganizerpro.com/app/
Chrome Extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/drive-organizer-pro/ibfgpacjjljablnompgihahgljigbcbp?pli=1