Builds

Tools built alongside the writing.

A handful of open-source libraries and products are maintained here for the Salesforce community. Each one started as a problem worth writing about — the cost of storing files in Salesforce, and the mess of managing them across external storage and custom integrations.

All of them are free, open source, and ready to be explored, used and forked.

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1 · Open-source library

Apex Google Drive Library

A native Apex library that exposes the Google Drive APIs to Salesforce code, so integrations can be written without hand-rolling REST callouts.

Files can be created, cloned, uploaded, downloaded and searched directly from Apex.
Shared drives, permissions and the surrounding Drive operations are covered.
It works as a lower-level SDK underneath custom integrations and automation.

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2 · Open-source product

Google Client for Salesforce

A Google Drive-backed file experience for Salesforce. Documents are stored externally while the team carries on working inside Salesforce, in the interface they already know.

Storage pressure is reduced by keeping documents in Google Drive rather than in Salesforce.
Files can be uploaded, previewed, downloaded, shared and reused across records.
Public links, folder structures, Experience Cloud and audit visibility are all supported.
AI-assisted document intelligence can be layered on when it is needed.

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