Trovebox
{{Infobox website
| name = Trovebox
| logo =
| caption =
| url = {{URL|https://trovebox.com}}
| commercial = Yes
| location_country = USA
| type = Image Hosting Service
| registration = Not required for viewing
| founder = Jaisen Mathai and Patrick Santana
| author =
| launch_date = 2011
| current_status = Defunct
}}
Trovebox was a digital photography sharing and management platform. As of March 31, 2015, the service has shut down.
History
Trovebox was initially started by Jaisen Mathai as a Kickstarter project{{cite web|url= http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jmathai/openphoto-a-photo-service-for-your-s3-or-dropbox-a |title= OpenPhoto on Kickstarter | publisher= Kickstarter}} and launched in December 2011.{{cite web|url=http://blog.theopenphotoproject.org/#post-13829938381 |title=OpenPhoto 1.3.1 |publisher=OpenPhoto blog via Archive.org |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228101900/http://blog.theopenphotoproject.org/#post-13829938381 |archivedate=December 28, 2011 }} Trovebox was originally known as OpenPhoto until being rebranded in January 2013.{{cite web|url=http://blog.theopenphotoproject.org/ |title=Say hello to Trovebox |publisher=OpenPhoto blog via Archive.org |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129102026/http://blog.theopenphotoproject.org/ |archivedate=January 29, 2013 }}
Trovebox received funding from the Shuttleworth Foundation.{{cite web|url= http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/fellows/jaisen-mathai/ |title= Shuttleworth Foundation | publisher= Shuttleworth Foundation}}
On January 16, 2015, the company announced{{cite web|url=https://trovebox.com/ |title=Trovebox is shutting down |publisher=Trovebox website via Archive.org |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116185057/https://trovebox.com/ |archivedate=January 16, 2015 }} that they would be shutting down on March 31, 2015.
Features
Trovebox consisted of a platform API,{{cite web|url=https://trovebox.com/documentation |title=Trovebox API |publisher=Trovebox |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622084931/https://trovebox.com/documentation |archivedate=June 22, 2015 }} web application, iOS application{{cite web|url= https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/app-for-openphoto/id511845345?mt=8 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131030143221/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/app-for-openphoto/id511845345?mt=8 |url-status= dead |archive-date= October 30, 2013 |title= Trovebox for iOS | publisher= Apple App Store }}{{cite web|url= https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/17/liberate-your-pics-openphoto-brings-its-killer-photo-sharing-platform-to-your-iphone/ |title= Trovebox launched iPhone app | publisher= TechCrunch }} and Android application.{{cite web|url= https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trovebox.android.app |title= Trovebox for Android | publisher= Google Play Store }} 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.[https://github.com/photo photo (Trovebox Community Edition) GitHub]
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130701071913/https://trovebox.com/ Trovebox homepage]
- [https://github.com/photo Opensource Trovebox Community Edition]
Category:Image-sharing websites
Category:American photography websites