View PST and OST files without Outlook using this free viewer. No sign up, download, or install needed. No data is uploaded, it runs locally in your web browser. Analyze your PSTs without needing an eDiscovery file processor.
Use your favourite browser to open the PST file. All major browsers are supported (Chrome, FireFox, IE etc.,)
Our advanced javascript viewer loads the PST file locally on your computer. At no point does the file ever leave your computer. It is not transmitted across the internet or any server. So all your information stays confidential.
Unlike opening the PST in your own copy of Outlook, the GoldFynch PST viewer does not make any changes to the file and email metadata.
Blazingly fast load times let you quickly view thousands of emails, and email properties, without having to run any processing.
Search emails? Redact ? Review? Tag? Produce? Then upload the PST file into a GoldFynch case. GoldFynch is the most affordable ediscovery review service, with prices averaging less than $6/GB/month. Get all the features like unlimited productions and case sharing for one low monthly price.
Sign up for GoldFynchPST files (Personal Storage Table) are open proprietary file format from Microsoft that is used to store copies of emails, messages, calendar events and other items related to Microsoft Outlook. Find out more about PST files here.
The PST viewer is a light weight javacript code block that leverages the same technologies used in the GoldFynch eDiscovery cloud service. When you load a PST file into the browser window, the javascript code analyzes the files and displays the results in the browser. All the work is done locally on your computer and nothing is transmitted to any server. This makes the PST viewer Mac, Linux, and Windows compatible. Just load it in any commonly-used web browser then drag-and-drop your PST/OST files.
Yes, the PST file viewer supports the OST format. It does not open MBOX files, but you can view MBOX files (exports from Gmail) for free using the GoldFynch MBOX viewer.
It provides the best free PST viewer experience by allowing you to quickly and easily view PST and OST files without any installation, downloads, or data uploads.
The GoldFynch PST viewer code is developed in-house and is not open source. If want to research how to read PST files and are looking for a PST reader open source project, there are various options on platforms like GitHub (these are just examples, not endorsed by GoldFynch.)
The browser references the files on your computer and the javascript code reads and analyzes the files locally.
Absolutely! No information is transmitted outside your computer, or uploaded to the internet or any server.
You can check PST files directly using the free GoldFynch PST Analyzer.
If you want to fix a corrupted Outlook PST file / Outlook data file, try using a tool like Microsoft's Inbox Repair tool (Scanpst.exe)
This tool is a PST and OST file reader and cannot be used as a PST editor; its purpose is assist in viewing files without modifying them in any way. This helps preserve their metadata, which is a key part of eDiscovery.
Searching requires additional functionality such as indexing. In order to search your PST file, you’ll have to create a GoldFynch case and upload the file to your case. Sign up for a free account and case here.
These functions are only supported in the GoldFynch eDiscovery application. www.goldfynch.com (Sign up for a free account).
The only way to share the view is if the other user also has the same PST file locally, since no information is transmitted over the Internet and all functions are local to your computer. You could always create a case in GoldFynch, load the PST file into the case and share the case with another user. You can share cases in GoldFynch for free with unlimited users.