Trovebox was a digital photography sharing and management platform. As of March 31, 2015, the service has shut down.
Type of site | Image Hosting Service |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | USA |
| Founder(s) | Jaisen Mathai and Patrick Santana |
| URL | trovebox |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Not required for viewing |
| Launched | 2011 |
| Current status | Defunct |
History
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Trovebox was initially started by Jaisen Mathai as a Kickstarter project[1] and launched in December 2011.[2] Trovebox was originally known as OpenPhoto until being rebranded in January 2013.[3]
Trovebox received funding from the Shuttleworth Foundation.[4]
On January 16, 2015, the company announced[5] that they would be shutting down on March 31, 2015.
Features
editTrovebox consisted of a platform API,[6] web application, iOS application[7][8] and Android application.[9] A unique feature of Trovebox was the ability to connect to various cloud storage services including Dropbox, Box, Amazon S3, Dreamhost Dreamobjects and Trovebox's own storage.
Trovebox's server-side, Android app, and iOS client source code is available on GitHub under the Apache open source license for users who prefer to install Trovebox themselves.[10]
References
edit- ^ "OpenPhoto on Kickstarter". Kickstarter.
- ^ "OpenPhoto 1.3.1". OpenPhoto blog via Archive.org. Archived from the original on December 28, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Say hello to Trovebox". OpenPhoto blog via Archive.org. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Shuttleworth Foundation". Shuttleworth Foundation.
- ^ "Trovebox is shutting down". Trovebox website via Archive.org. Archived from the original on January 16, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Trovebox API". Trovebox. Archived from the original on June 22, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Trovebox for iOS". Apple App Store.
- ^ "Trovebox launched iPhone app". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Trovebox for Android". Google Play Store.
- ^ photo (Trovebox Community Edition) GitHub