Upload your first document
Drag, drop, or choose files, and what happens after you do.
3 min read · Updated June 28, 2026
There are three ways to add a document by hand. All of them stream the file through the Stoatify API to encrypted storage, and only create the record once the bytes are safely stored, so you never end up with orphaned metadata.
Three ways to upload
- 1Drag and drop. Drop one file or a whole stack anywhere on the vault and watch each one upload with a live progress bar.
- 2Choose files. Click Upload, then pick files from your computer.
- 3Snap a photo. On the mobile apps, tap the camera to photograph a paper document, it is straightened, uploaded, and filed.
What happens next
- The file is validated (type and size) at the edge before anything is stored.
- It lands in a category, ready for you to tag.
- On-device OCR reads the text inside so it becomes searchable, see How search works.
Tip
Uploading a lot at once is fine. Select many files in the picker or drop them together; they upload in parallel.
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