A French archive,
since 2010.
An independent service, designed and hosted in France, to keep and share your documents over time.
- archive.founded2010
- archive.origindesigned & hosted FR
- archive.publishere.i. Valentin Beck
- archive.gdprby design
Sixteen years, four turns
What this property has been, in the order it happened. The dates are those of this site, not those of its French twin, which has another history.
The beginning
PDF Archive starts as a simple way to share PDF documents through a link, long before that was the norm.
The public years
Tens of thousands of public documents uploaded and shared, indexed and reachable over time.
The modern account
A new account area: folders, encryption, receiving files, QR codes.
The rebuild
A new identity, a new portal, hosting entirely in France, in the service of trust.
Who publishes it
PDF Archive is published by a sole trader established in France: e.i. Valentin Beck, in Strasbourg. There is no investor to pay back, and the service is paid for by its subscribers.
What that constraint explains, and what it does not promise, is written out in full on the positioning page: why PDF Archive, and what it is not →