Ephemeral Drop
Turn Cloudflare Workers free tier into temporary file sharing with live quota tracking
- Problem
- People often want to share files quickly with colleagues or friends without signing up for cloud storage, uploading to public servers or worrying about files lingering forever. Some have noticed Cloudflare Workers offers a generous free tier and want an ephemeral QQ-style drop, but no convenient tool exists and building one manually is too much hassle.
- Solution
- A temporary file-sharing site built entirely on Cloudflare Workers and R2 free tiers. Users drag and drop files to generate short-lived share links that auto-delete on expiry or first download. A dashboard shows real-time free quota usage and remaining uploads. No server maintenance required.
- Users
- Developers, ops engineers and ordinary users who need quick ephemeral file transfers to small groups; anyone with privacy and expiry concerns who prefers not to use big cloud drives.
- MVP
- Drag-and-drop upload with expiring share links; auto-delete on expiry or first download; real-time free quota display; optional password protection; a clean web UI.
- Revenue
- Free tier limits file size and retention; paid tier unlocks larger files, longer retention and custom domains; optional storage and traffic packages.
- Why now
- Cloudflare Workers/R2 free tiers are generous enough for indie developers, and AI has drastically lowered the cost of building such utilities. Concerns about big-platform privacy and permanent storage are growing, while ephemeral sharing remains an underserved lightweight need.