My journey from building a Telegram file manager to creating a unified storage solution.

Why I built Drivebase
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Little historyh2

It started back in 2025 when I wanted to upload files to Telegram. I had many files in Saved Messages, but it was becoming difficult to manage them. I didn’t have a structured way to organize my files.

I wanted a place where I could create folders and upload files, while the content would still be saved in Telegram’s Saved Messages. So I built Drivegram, a file manager specifically for Telegram.

App UI
Backend
Telegram API
Saved Messages storage

What Drivebase Can Do Todayh2

Fast forward today, its now been renamed to Drivebase, and supports not only Telegram but major other storage provider, and slowly adding more in the future as the app grows.

Drivebase evolved from a Telegram file hack into a unified storage layer. Instead of juggling multiple storage apps, Drivebase lets you connect them all in one place and manage them through a single interface.

interface StorageProvider {
upload()
download()
list()
delete()
}

The experience is intentionally designed to feel like a normal file manager, even though the data may live across completely different providers.

Checkout the website to get started. Or clone the source code from Github.


Author: Monawwar Abdullah
Post: Why I built Drivebase