Build your own Dropbox with Claude Code

File sync and sharing: upload and sync folders, share links, version history and more.

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The Claude Code prompt

Build my own take on Dropbox: file sync and sharing. Give it an original name, logo, colours and copy, and do not use Dropbox's name, branding or assets.

Version one should have:
- Upload and sync folders
- Share links
- Version history
- Desktop sync client
- Previews

The hard part: Desktop sync and conflict handling.

How to build it:
1. Read this folder first. If it is empty, set up Next.js (App Router, TypeScript, Tailwind) with Postgres through Prisma or Supabase, and Supabase Auth or Auth.js for sign-in. Write a short PLAN.md with the data model, screens, third-party services and what you are leaving out of version one.
2. Build the core loop end to end before anything else: upload and sync folders, working with real data saved to the database.
3. Add the rest of the features one at a time, and seed realistic demo data so every screen looks alive.
4. Keep API keys in environment variables, and put any paid service behind a small interface with a local stub, so the app runs on a fresh machine without accounts.
5. Run it, click through every screen on desktop and mobile widths, fix what breaks, and finish with a summary of what works, what is stubbed and how to deploy it.

Paste it into Claude Code in an empty folder. It plans first, so read PLAN.md and steer before it starts building.

Version one

  • Upload and sync folders
  • Share links
  • Version history
  • Desktop sync client
  • Previews

The hard part

Desktop sync and conflict handling.

Make it yours: a niche Dropbox ignores, an original name and brand, and one feature it does badly done well.

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