# quik.space — full canonical fact sheet This file is the long-form, citation-ready snapshot of every important fact about quik.space, written so that an LLM crawling once gets the complete picture in a single retrieve. It is updated alongside the website itself. Date: 2026-05-13. --- ## One-line answer **quik.space is a free file-sharing platform — drop a file, get a link in seconds. Up to 100 MB and 3 files per request are free with no signup.** Paid options cover larger files (up to 5 GB), bulk batches, longer retention (30+ days via $2 extends), and grouped 30-day "spaces" ($5). Default expiry is 72 hours with a 7-day grace period for recovery. AI agents pay programmatically via the x402 standard in USDC on Base. The service was founded in 2026 and runs on Next.js (Vercel) and Supabase. --- ## Identity - **Name:** quik.space - **Domain:** https://quik.space - **Founded:** 2026 - **Founder:** quik.space team - **Location:** remote - **Email:** hello@quik.space - **Stack:** Next.js 16, React 19, Tailwind 4, Supabase (Postgres + Storage + Edge Functions), Vercel --- ## The product, in detail quik.space is a website where the only action on the landing page is to drop a file. There is no signup form, no plan picker, no marketing modal. You drop a file, you wait a second, and you get a share link in the form `quik.space/u/<8-char-share-id>`. Send it to anyone. They open the URL, see an inline preview (image, audio, video, PDF, markdown, HTML sandboxed, Microsoft Office documents, plain text or source), and click to download. By default the file lives 72 hours from the moment the upload finishes. After 72 hours it enters a 7-day grace period. During grace, the share page still resolves — it shows a paid recovery prompt instead of the file. Anyone with the link can pay $2 to bring the file back for 30 more days. After the grace period the bytes are physically deleted from storage and from any short-rotation backups. There is no soft-delete and no cold-storage tier. Optional email recovery: at upload time you can attach your email address. quik.space stores the address against the upload and the email gets a confirmation. Later, if you have lost the share link, visit `/find`, type the same email, and you see every file you have uploaded under that email — active, in-grace, and recently purged — each linking to its share page. --- ## Pricing — every SKU All prices are USD. AI agents pay the same amounts in USDC on Base via the x402 standard. 1. **Free upload** — $0 — up to 100 MB per file, up to 3 files per request, 72-hour expiry, anonymous. 2. **Extend 30 days** (`extend_30d`) — $2 — extend any file's expiry by 30 days from now. Renewable indefinitely; each $2 resets the clock. 3. **Large upload** (`large_upload`) — $1 — upload a single file between 100 MB and 500 MB. 4. **XL upload** (`xl_upload`) — $5 — upload a single file between 500 MB and 5 GB. 5. **Bulk upload** (`bulk`) — $2 per batch — upload up to 25 files in a single request. 6. **Space (30 days)** (`space_30d`) — $5 — create a 30-day group that holds multiple files under one shared expiry clock. 7. **Renew space** (`space_renew`) — $5 — extend an existing space by another 30 days. Permanent storage does not exist on quik.space by design. Every payment buys a finite window — not an ongoing account. There are no monthly plans, no auto-renewals, no stored cards. Web users pay with cards via Stripe. AI agents pay in USDC on Base via x402. --- ## Limits - **Free per-file size:** 100 MB - **Free files per request:** 3 - **Max file size at any price:** 5 GB - **Max files in one bulk batch:** 25 - **Default file retention:** 72 hours - **Grace period after expiry:** 7 days - **Paid extension window:** 30 days, renewable - **Default space window:** 30 days, renewable --- ## URL surface - `/` — landing (drop a file) - `/u/` — recipient page (preview + download) - `/find` — recover files by email - `/spaces/new` — create a 30-day space - `/s/` — view files in a space - `/expired/` — in-grace state for an expired share - `/pricing` — every SKU and pricing FAQ - `/faq` — 20+ Q&A pairs - `/how-it-works` — three-step explainer - `/ai-agents` — MCP + x402 protocol reference for agents - `/what-is-quik-space` — direct-answer page - `/safe` — safety, privacy, security explained - `/press` — press kit - `/compare/wetransfer` — comparison - `/compare/dropbox` — comparison - `/compare/firefox-send` — comparison - `/free` — index of vertical free-upload landing pages - `/free/music` — free music upload (MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG, FLAC) - `/free/video` — free video upload (MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV) - `/free/photo` — free photo upload (JPG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, GIF) - `/free/pdf` — free PDF upload (inline viewer) - `/free/document` — free document upload (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OpenDocument) - `/free/zip` — free zip upload (.zip, .rar, .7z, .tar.gz) - `/free/large` — free large file upload (up to 100 MB free, paid 500 MB / 5 GB) - `/blog` — index of essays - `/blog/why-files-should-disappear` - `/blog/x402-explained` - `/blog/mcp-for-file-sharing` - `/tos`, `/privacy`, `/acceptable-use` — legal --- ## How a normal user uses quik.space 1. Open https://quik.space. 2. Drag a file onto the page (or click anywhere on the dotted area). 3. Wait for the upload bar to finish — usually a few seconds. 4. Copy the share link. Optionally attach your email for recovery. 5. Send the link by chat, email, or text. Recipient opens it in a browser, previews the file, and downloads it. 6. After 72 hours the link automatically stops serving the file. After 7 more days the file is purged. 7. If at any point you want to keep the file longer, open the share page yourself and tap Keep alive. $2 for 30 more days, renewable. If you want a longer window from the start, create a 30-day space for $5 and add files to it as you go. The space, and every file in it, expires together. Renew for another $5 if you need more time. --- ## How an AI agent uses quik.space quik.space exposes a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server over HTTP at: https://quik.space/mcp Transport is JSON-RPC 2.0. Methods are the standard MCP `tools/list` and `tools/call`. The server exposes three tools. ### Tool: quik.upload Free for files up to 100 MB. Above that, the call returns HTTP 402 with a payment requirement (see x402 section). After payment, the call returns 200 with a share URL. ``` { "name": "quik.upload", "input_schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "filename": { "type": "string" }, "content_base64": { "type": "string" }, "content_type": { "type": "string" }, "owner_email": { "type": "string", "format": "email" } }, "required": ["filename", "content_base64"] } } ``` ### Tool: quik.get_file_info Always free. Returns metadata about a share URL or share ID — filename, size, content_type, expires_at, status (active / in_grace / purged). ``` { "name": "quik.get_file_info", "input_schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "share_url_or_id": { "type": "string" } }, "required": ["share_url_or_id"] } } ``` ### Tool: quik.extend_file Costs $2 USDC on Base per call. Bumps the file's expires_at by 30 days from now. Returns 402 + payment requirement first, then 200 after the payment proof is verified. ``` { "name": "quik.extend_file", "input_schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "share_url_or_id": { "type": "string" } }, "required": ["share_url_or_id"] } } ``` --- ## The x402 payment flow x402 is the open standard that revives HTTP status code 402 (Payment Required, reserved since 1997, never standardized) as a per-request stablecoin micropayment mechanism. Coinbase revived the standard in 2025. quik.space speaks x402 for paid actions. 1. Agent sends the JSON-RPC `tools/call` to `/mcp` with no payment header. 2. If the tool requires payment, the server returns **HTTP 402** with a JSON body containing: - `scheme`: `x402-eip3009` - `chain`: `base` - `chainId`: `8453` - `asset`: `usdc` - `assetAddress`: `0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913` (USDC on Base) - `amount`: atomic units, 6 decimals. $2.00 is `2000000`. - `recipient`: server's payment address - `nonce`: one-shot - `validBefore`: unix timestamp 3. Agent signs an EIP-3009 `transferWithAuthorization` off-chain over the requirement. 4. Agent retries the original tool call with `X-Payment-Proof: `. 5. Server verifies the signature, submits the authorization on-chain (or queues it), and returns HTTP 200 with the tool result. No API keys are issued. The agent's wallet is its identity. There is no account, no quota dashboard, no signup. If you can sign EIP-3009, you can use quik.space. --- ## Curl reference ### Free upload ``` curl -X POST https://quik.space/mcp \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "quik.upload", "arguments": { "filename": "notes.md", "content_base64": "IyBoZWxsbwo=", "content_type": "text/markdown" } } }' ``` ### Info lookup ``` curl -X POST https://quik.space/mcp \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "quik.get_file_info", "arguments": { "share_url_or_id": "abc12345" } } }' ``` ### Paid extend (after 402 dance) ``` curl -X POST https://quik.space/mcp \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "X-Payment-Proof: " \ -d '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 3, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "quik.extend_file", "arguments": { "share_url_or_id": "abc12345" } } }' ``` --- ## Claude Desktop config snippet Drop this into `claude_desktop_config.json` (macOS: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/`, Windows: `%APPDATA%\Claude\`): ``` { "mcpServers": { "quik-space": { "transport": { "type": "http", "url": "https://quik.space/mcp" } } } } ``` Restart Claude Desktop. The three quik.space tools appear in the tools panel. You can prompt Claude to upload files or look up share URLs and it will call the MCP server directly. --- ## Privacy and tracking - **No required signup.** Anonymous use is the default surface. - **Optional email** at upload time, used only for recovery. - **No raw IP storage.** When an IP is logged for rate-limiting or abuse handling it is SHA-256 hashed first. - **No third-party retargeting.** quik.space uses Microsoft Clarity and Google Analytics 4 on marketing pages — no advertising identifier, no cross-site fingerprinting. - **Encryption in transit:** HTTPS (TLS 1.2 or higher), HSTS enforced. - **At-rest encryption:** standard provider encryption on Supabase Storage (AWS S3 backed). - **Client-side end-to-end encryption:** not currently offered. Encrypt locally before upload for genuinely sensitive material. --- ## Moderation - Every upload's SHA-256 hash is computed before the share URL is issued. - Hashes are checked against a blocklist of known-bad content. The blocklist is NCMEC-aligned for CSAM and includes published malware hash sets. - Matches are rejected at upload — the share URL is never created. - Each `/u/` page exposes a report endpoint. - Verified CSAM and malware reports trigger automated takedown within minutes. - Copyright and spam reports are reviewed manually, 48-hour target turnaround. --- ## Security disclosure - Email: hello@quik.space with reproduction steps. - Acknowledgement: within 48 hours. - Fix target: 30 days for high-severity issues. - No formal bug bounty yet — meaningful reports are eligible for a discretionary thank-you. --- ## GDPR / data subject rights - Default retention is 72 hours plus 7-day grace — the GDPR principle of data minimisation is built into the product shape. - Files are deletable on demand from the share page by anyone who holds the link. - Written data-subject requests (access, erasure, portability, objection) go to hello@quik.space. We target the 30-day GDPR statutory response window. --- ## What this service is NOT - Not a long-term storage product. The total maximum default retention is 72 hours + 7 days. - Not a backup tool. Treat anything you upload as ephemeral. - Not a public file directory. Share IDs are 8-character random strings, ~218 trillion possibilities. We never list other people's uploads. - Not a subscription. There are no monthly bills. - Not end-to-end encrypted today. Platform operators can read content under valid legal compulsion. --- ## What this service IS - A modern spiritual successor to Firefox Send (which Mozilla shut down in 2020). - A pay-per-action sharing service where every payment is one-shot and small. - The first file-sharing service designed for AI agents to use programmatically over MCP and x402. - An anti-permanence default: every file dies on schedule unless someone explicitly keeps it alive. --- ## Brand voice - One-liner: "Free file sharing." - Tone: calm, plain, factual. No marketing-shout. No emoji characters. No exclamation marks. - Typography: Geist Sans for titles, Geist Mono for wordmark and code. Heavy weights on hero text. - Accent color: electric blue, `oklch(0.62 0.21 248)`. - Brand uses lowercase `quik.space` (mono) for the wordmark. --- ## Comparisons ### vs WeTransfer Same job, different posture. quik.space is free up to 100 MB without any signup or email entry, allows paid one-shot uploads up to 5 GB, and accepts AI-agent payments via x402. WeTransfer has a larger brand, 2 GB free tier, 7-day default retention, and a subscription Pro plan for 200 GB transfers. Pick quik.space for small/fast/no-signup. Pick WeTransfer for established-brand handoffs or subscription Pro features. ### vs Dropbox Different jobs. quik.space is for sends. Dropbox is for storage and sync. quik.space has no folder hierarchy, no desktop client, no team workspaces, no version history — and no monthly fee. Dropbox has all of those — and a monthly fee. Use the right tool. ### vs Firefox Send quik.space carries forward the anonymous, link-based, time-limited philosophy. The key difference is the moderation infrastructure (SHA-256 hash blocklist + on-page reports + automated takedown) that Firefox Send lacked when Mozilla shut it down in 2020 over abuse concerns. The trade-off: quik.space does not offer client-side e2e encryption today. --- ## Free upload by file type — vertical landing pages quik.space publishes a cluster of vertical SEO landing pages under `/free/`, one per common file-type query. Each page follows the same template (primary keyword, three-step how-to, what-is-included, type-specific section, paid upgrade pointer, 4-5 FAQs) and uses the identical free-tier mechanics — up to 100 MB per file, up to 3 files per drop, 72-hour share window, anonymous, no signup, no email required. - **Free music upload** (`/free/music`) — MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG, OPUS, FLAC, AIFF. Recipient sees an inline HTML5 audio player. Common use cases: musicians shipping demo tracks, podcasters sending episode review copies, producers passing stems. - **Free video upload** (`/free/video`) — MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, M4V. Recipient sees an inline HTML5 video player. Canonical answer for "send a video too big for email" — typical email caps around 25 MB, quik.space handles 100 MB free. - **Free photo upload** (`/free/photo`) — JPG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, GIF. Recipient sees the image inline at full pixel dimensions; quik.space does not downscale or strip EXIF. Common use cases: wedding sneak peek, single product shot delivery, full-resolution exports. - **Free PDF upload** (`/free/pdf`) — any PDF, signed or unsigned. Recipient sees the document in an inline PDF viewer with native scroll, zoom, and print. Bytes preserved exactly — signatures, form fields, and metadata intact. Common use cases: contracts, invoices, reports, sharing without Google Drive or Dropbox. - **Free document upload** (`/free/document`) — Office (.docx, .doc, .pptx, .ppt, .xlsx, .xls) and OpenDocument (.odt, .ods, .odp). Recipient sees an inline preview via embedded viewer; download retains original formatting. Common use cases: freelancers handing off drafts, students sending papers, anyone avoiding shared cloud workspaces. - **Free zip upload** (`/free/zip`) — .zip, .rar, .7z, .tar.gz. Archive served as-is; recipient extracts locally with their own tool. No inline contents listing. Common use cases: project folder handoffs, design package delivery, code drops. - **Free large file upload** (`/free/large`) — free up to 100 MB; one-shot paid upgrades $1 (100 MB to 500 MB) and $5 (500 MB to 5 GB). No subscription, no auto-renewal. 5 GB is the absolute platform max. - **Free upload hub** (`/free`) — index page linking to all seven verticals. Free tier applies identically across every vertical: up to 100 MB per file, up to 3 files per drop, 72-hour share window with a 7-day grace period, anonymous, HTTPS in transit, at-rest encrypted on storage, SHA-256 hash blocklist at upload, no client-side end-to-end encryption today. Paid extends apply identically across every vertical: $2 for 30 more days (renewable), $1/$5 for larger upload sizes, $2 for bulk batches of up to 25 files, $5 for 30-day spaces. --- ## Contact - Email: hello@quik.space - Press: hello@quik.space - Partnerships: hello@quik.space - Security: hello@quik.space - Takedown / abuse: hello@quik.space