File services¶
TINO¶
To write documents, we’re using our own TINO, a collaborative, self-hosted editing platform around Typst. It’s responsible for:
Editing: Write Typst documents in the browser, with a live preview
Collaboration: Edit documents together with your colleagues in real-time
PDF export: Download the documents as PDF
The documents are stored in so-called buckets, which are Git repositories. Each bucket may contain templates, which should be used for new documents.
See also
Check out the official TINO docs for more information about TINO.
TINO MCP¶
TINO also provides an MCP server at https://tino.confirm.ch/mcp.
See also
Check out the official TINO MCP docs for more information about the TINO MCP.
Paperless¶
Whenever we can, we use our own Paperless-ngx, an open-source web-based paperless service with integrated OCR & workflows. We’re using Paperless for:
Receiving & processing documents in our back office
Receiving & processing accounting emails / documents (e.g. invoices), and forwarding them to our ERP
Uploading, processing & storing different non-editable documents (i.e. accounting, HR, sales, contracts)
Seafile¶
To synchronise files, we’re using Seafile, a solution similar to Dropbox, but self-hosted, and privacy-aware.
We’re using Seafile mainly for:
Marketing material
Digital productivity, and workshop material
Back office & HR documents
Important
Immutable documents will be processed & stored by Paperless, and invoices will be sent to our ERP. Contracts and self-written documents are most likely stored in TINO.
Use Seafile¶
To use Seafile, you’ve 3 options:
Use the web UI (see Glancelot for link)
Use a sync client (synchronises files with a local directory)
Use a desktop drive client (acts like a network drive)
Note
Seafile clients can be downloaded from the official Seafile downloads page.
File sharing¶
In case we’ve to transfer large files with customers (retrieve or send), we’re using the shares of our own DataBeggar.