# Vaults > The vaults this browser holds keys for. Create one, add files as commits, see the history, and share it read-only with a link and a QR code; clone it anywhere with sgit. *Source: · send.sgit.ai v0.1.2 · this file is generated from the same content as the page, so the two cannot drift. Every page on this site has a `.md` twin; internal links below point at pages, swap `.html` for `.md` to read the twin.* --- # Vaults A vault is a folder of files, encrypted here, versioned like git, that you can open again, add to, and share read-only. The vault key stays on this device; the read key is the one you hand out. Anyone with the read key can also `sgit clone` it on a laptop. **Beta:** creating and writing to a vault needs an access token; [set one in Settings](/settings/). Opening a read key needs nothing. ## On this device Create a vault Create ## How a vault differs from a transfer TransferVault Shapeone file, uploaded oncea versioned tree of files Historynone; there is no second versioncommits, with messages The reader getsthe whole file, or nothingany single file, without the rest Lifecycleexpires, caps downloads, can be revokedlives until deleted The credentiala key in the linka read key, derived one way from the vault key Reach for it whena thing is handed over oncea thing is read repeatedly, updated, or browsed [Vaults and keys](/learn/vaults-and-keys/), in full.