Extensions Tutorial - Google Drive Backup
Since Google Drive backup is no longer on the roadmap, but is still possible using extensions, please provide a detailed tutorial for people with limited experience showing them how to create an extension for Google Drive backup.
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Amaranth Dew
Jun 25, 2024
For clarity, this should be for both backup AND sync, if possible. The current option for cloud backup and sync is extremely expensive for the amount of storage.
Amaranth Dew
Jan 30, 2025
All, this has been outstanding for a long time, and it seems clear that TypingMind has no intention of creating a tool or tutorial that would allow for the use of our existing cloud storage for backup. Apart from this glaring flaw, I love TypingMind and it is the best and most user-friendly solution for what it does.
I was able to find a partial solution to our problem that effectively gives you 10GB of backup space for free. A user (Thomas) has created this:
https://github.com/itcon-pty-au/typingmind-cloud-backup
It is not the easiest to set up initially for a beginner, but I have no experience and was able to get it working. Thomas deserves an enormous "thank you" for the effort he put in to create this! So far, I have been able to use it to backup, but not sync across devices. I have also been unable to get it working on separate devices with different "buckets" such that each device has its own independent backup (not as good as sync, but would still be helpful). It is possible that I am somehow using it incorrectly, but a backup function without cross-device sync is still better than the extremely expensive cloud storage otherwise available through TypingMind. Until TypingMind allows us to point their backup and sync tool at our own cloud storage or otherwise comes up with a solution, Thomas' may be our best option. I hope some of you find this helpful! And a sincere thank you to Thomas for creating it.
Crimson Shark
Mar 17, 2025
Jack I have it working across devices. I created a snapshot and restore the snapshot, at least it works.
Fuchsia Banana
Aug 5, 2024
Agree, it's expensive, very.
Amethyst Dust
Jul 16, 2024
I bought the biggest Typingmind license and get very little storage space - if I don't on top want to buy additional storage. So I have to upfront money and then additionally spend each month as well. Then I could have stayed with a subscription for OpenAI, Antrophic etc. instead.
On top of that the functionality that sends the code needed for the backup seems to be broken quite often lately.
So - please let us connect to one of the cloud services instead. The codebase is already there. If that functionality isn't coming it's really just because you would like the monthly subscription (which I could live with if I didn't have to buy a license before using Typingmind). In that case just tell us so.
Cyan Duck
Jan 27, 2025
When can we get an update on this? This should be higher priority
Sapphire Crab
Jun 19, 2024
Should really be on the roadmap, considering hosting costs for typingmind cloud seem to be so high
Brown Warpdrive
Feb 13, 2025
Please add self-storage options - AWS, OneDrive, Google Drive. This is in line with BYO AI API keys. If, not, provide more granular storage options. 10MB to 100MB is a huge jump.
Amethyst Dust
Aug 5, 2024
Of course you have higher priorities when you make money of us not having any alternatives for backup 😉
Aug 5, 2024
We'll consider adding a tutorial but it would be best for the community to do this. (our roadmap have more high priority items).
Tan Tomato
Feb 9, 2025
Tony Dinh I have spent around a dozen hours trying to get Itcon's extension to work, and I really appreciate the efforts of the community here, but unfortunately, I have not been able to solve the multitude of issues with this solution. It's been quite a bad experience and I just don't have the time to keep troubleshooting.
I agree with the OP here, as much as I value what you've produced, I just can't bring myself to pay $10 USD for 1GB of cloud storage a month, it just doesn't feel right to me. I'm going to try some other platforms in the space as it seems like they are able to address this a bit better. All the best and thanks for all the help so far.
Crimson Island
Aug 16
actually best would be to implement that feature straight into typing mind I don't think this should be a third party solution.
Cyan River
Jun 25, 2024
Are there any other backup solutions ?