io ▁runs ▁on ▁any ▁server ▁supporting ▁a ▁recent ▁Go ▁version . ▁ ▁The ▁current ▁offering ▁of ▁P yd io , ▁known ▁as ▁P yd io ▁C ells , ▁has ▁been ▁developed ▁from ▁scratch ▁using ▁the ▁Go ▁programming ▁language . ▁Nevertheless , ▁the ▁web - based ▁interface ▁of ▁C ells ▁is ▁very ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁one ▁from ▁P yd io ▁ 8 ▁( in ▁PHP ), ▁and ▁it ▁successfully ▁rep licates ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁features , ▁while ▁adding ▁a ▁few ▁more . ▁There ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁new ▁synchron isation ▁client ▁( also ▁written ▁in ▁Go ). ▁The ▁PHP ▁version ▁is ▁being ▁ph ased ▁out ▁as ▁the ▁company ' s ▁focus ▁is ▁moving ▁to ▁P yd io ▁C ells , ▁with ▁community ▁feedback ▁on ▁the ▁new ▁features . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁company , ▁the ▁switch ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁environment ▁was ▁made ▁" to ▁overcome ▁inher ent ▁PHP ▁limitations ▁and ▁provide ▁you ▁with ▁a ▁future - proof ▁and ▁modern ▁solution ▁for ▁collabor ating ▁on ▁documents ". ▁ ▁From ▁a ▁technical ▁point ▁of ▁view , ▁P yd io ▁diff ers ▁from ▁solutions ▁such ▁as ▁Google ▁Drive ▁or ▁Drop box . ▁P yd io ▁is ▁not ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁public ▁cloud , ▁the ▁software ▁indeed ▁connect s ▁to ▁the ▁user ' s ▁existing ▁stor ages ▁( S AN ▁/ ▁Local ▁F S , ▁S AM BA ▁/ ▁C IF S , ▁( s ) F TP , ▁N FS , ▁etc ...) ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁to ▁the ▁existing ▁user ▁directories ▁( LD AP ▁/ ▁AD , ▁SA ML