Who 1Archive is for
1Archive is built for teams that deal with high volumes of media: production companies, post-production studios, photographers, and any organization where files live across dozens of drives and are routinely hard to locate. It works at the organization level, so your team works from one catalog and can collaborate without duplicating work.Key features
Universal media search
Search by filename, transcript content, or describe an image in plain language and let AI find it. Searches work across all indexed drives, even disconnected ones.
Drive indexing
Plug in a drive and 1Archive scans it, building thumbnails and metadata for
every file. The catalog persists after you unplug the drive.
Collections
Group files from any drive into Collections. Share them with teammates, invite
people from outside your organization, or send a web link that opens in a
browser.
Duplicate and backup detection
1Archive automatically flags duplicate files and identifies which files are
already backed up across drives, so you can reclaim space with confidence.
People (Beta)
Facial recognition groups photos and video stills by the people in them,
making it easy to find all footage of a particular subject.
Cloud archiving
Send a drive’s original files to Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive directly from 1Archive for long-term, offsite storage.
How 1Archive fits into your workflow
You connect hard drives as Sources. 1Archive indexes each source, generating thumbnails and extracting metadata: file names, sizes, dates, transcripts for video and audio, and image content for AI search. Your full library is always browsable and searchable from the Dashboard, regardless of which drives are currently plugged in. Files are organized using Collections, which work like curated albums. You can add files from multiple drives to a single Collection and share it with teammates or as a web link. Public and password-protected links open without a 1Archive account. Your library lives in your Organization. Sources and Collections are shared with the people and teams who need them, so each person sees the parts of the catalog they have access to.1Archive requires an organization account. If your team doesn’t have one yet,
you’ll create it during the installation flow.
Next steps
Install 1Archive
Download the app and complete the setup for macOS.
Quickstart guide
Go from zero to finding your first file in under ten minutes.