·· Shared file management with in-browser editing
Shelves
Drives turn into archaeology projects after eighteen months. Shelves is the file layer that stays legible, personal and room-based storage, role-aware permissions, previews, and real document editing in the browser.
02 The problem we solved
“Every research group, faculty, and department has a drive folder no one dares to delete and no one can navigate. Shelves replaces it with a file system designed for institutional sharing, and adds live editing of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint through Collabora so people stop emailing _final_v3.docx attachments.”
03 Who it's for
Built for the people who actually open the tab.
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Research groups
A shared drive that does not require an explanatory call.
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Departments
Role-aware access by default, audit trail on every file.
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PhD students
A workspace that survives supervisor turnover.
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Faculty offices
A drop-in replacement for the SharePoint nobody uses.
04 What's inside
Every feature paid for itself before it shipped.
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Personal & room-based storage
A personal shelf for your own work, room shelves for projects and committees, same interface.
- F. 02
Shelves, folders, files
Uploads, downloads, sharing, versioning, the operations users expect, built for institutional scale.
- F. 03
Permissions tied to roles
Access follows the institutional role, not a private share link that leaks.
- F. 04
Previews & document analysis
PDFs, office documents, images, code, previewed in-line, with AI summary on demand.
- F. 05
In-browser editing
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ODT, ODS, ODP, edited live through Collabora, no "Open in Desktop" detour.
- F. 06
Drive-style sync
Desktop sync that mirrors a personal shelf or a room shelf to your machine, without breaking the audit trail.
05 Integrations
It plugs in where you already are.
- Huddle ·
- BrollyHub Academia ·
- Brolly AI ·
- Collabora / WOPI ·
- Google Drive ·
- Microsoft 365
06 FAQ
Things procurement asks first.
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Q.01 Where is data stored?
UK and EU residency options; encrypted at rest and in transit.
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Q.02 Is in-browser editing real?
Yes, it is full Collabora editing, the same engine institutional Office365 deployments use under the hood.
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Q.03 Does AI training use our files?
No. Customer content is never used to train shared models.
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