AudioShare Desktop
Projects, folders and invite links — with every file encrypted to your own devices before it leaves them.
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How your files are kept safe
This is the agreement the installer shows you, in full. It describes exactly what the app does with your files and your keys.
Your account is a key, not a password
When you first open the app it generates an Ed25519 keypair on your machine. The private half is written to your operating system's keychain — Keychain on macOS, Credential Manager on Windows — and is never transmitted, logged or backed up to us. Your account ID is derived from the public half, so nobody can claim your identity without holding your key. There is no password to steal and no email to phish.
You get a recovery phrase, and only you have it
The app shows you a 24-word recovery phrase once, at setup. It is the only way to restore your account on a new machine. We cannot reset it, email it to you, or recover it on your behalf — if you lose the phrase and all your enrolled devices, the account and the files under it are gone for good. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe.
Files are encrypted before they leave your device
Each track gets its own random AES-256-GCM key. The audio is encrypted on your machine, and only the ciphertext is uploaded. That content key is then sealed separately to each device you have authorized, using X25519 key agreement. The server stores encrypted audio and sealed keys it has no way to open.
Access is bound to devices you approve
Every device enrols its own keypair, authorized by a signature from your account key. Requests are authenticated as a specific device, not just an account, so you can see every machine that has access and revoke any of them instantly. A revoked device loses access on its very next request, even mid-session, and can never sign in again.
What the server can and cannot see
It can see: file sizes, upload times, project and folder names, and which devices connected when. It cannot see: the contents of your audio. We keep a one-way hash of your IP address for rate limiting and abuse handling, never the address itself. There is no analytics, no telemetry and no third-party tracking in the app.
Sharing is a deliberate act
Nothing you upload is reachable by anyone else until you create a share link or invite. Share links can expire, cap their play count, require a password and forbid downloads. Invite links carry a role — listener or editor — and can be revoked or used up. Revoking either takes effect immediately.
Updates are checked, signed and optional
The app asks audioshare.org whether a newer version exists and tells you when there is one. Updates are cryptographically signed, and an update that fails signature verification is refused. You choose when to install. The app contacts no other host.
No warranty
AudioShare is provided as-is, with no uptime or durability guarantee. Keep your own copy of anything you cannot afford to lose. You are responsible for the material you upload and for holding the rights to it.