Sparkleshare, the open-source cloud storage (think Dropbox) alternative has hit its first beta milestone. SparkleShare isn’t just a piece of software, it’s part of your work flow. It’s designed to make sharing documents and collaboration easier, and to make peers aware of what you are doing. It allows you to instantly sync with any Git repository you have access to. The user interface and features are made to support this goal.
Dropbox is a great cloud based file syncing application. The only problem is you have to pay for more storage over the 3GB you get free. It’s great to be able to get access to your files from any web browser or smart phone.
SparkleShare is like Dropbox except it isn’t a cloud based syncing system. Instead you share local folders to your friends and family one SparkleShare. So the files are transferred directly to their computer without the middle man.
The advantage of this method is you host the server locally, so you don’t have to worry about storage space or monthly fees. The downloads and uploads should be faster because they are going directly to the other persons computer, and not to the cloud and then to recipient.
SparkleShare is also open source and will be cross-platform. None of the versions are out yet because they are still in development, but a version for Linux, Mac and Windows is in the works. It’s sure to be an interesting alternative to Dropbox and might be more useful in the long run.
The first beta release is here! And, this time there’s some long overdue documentation on how to get started.
Get it here.
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