ShareDesk is a web based file sharing tool build on
node.js, websockets(socket.io), HTML5/CSS3, jQuery.
It is compatible with newest version of chrome, firefox, safari
See a demo here: sharedesk.at/demo
- file upload/download
- drag&drop functionality
- typical PC desktop behaviour (overview of all files, moving files, renaming files, deleting files)
- real-time notification of user actions
- upload progress
- overview of acive users
- chat
- password protection
If you wanna share files with ShareDesk just append to the url the name of your project (set a password if you want) and start dragging files :) sharedesk.at/nameofyourproject
or you use it on your own server, below are some instruction how to install it.
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node.js You can find the installation instruction for you system at the github wiki of nodejs (https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installation). Sharedesk will not work on Windows systems.
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NPM To install the node modules used in sharedesk, you need the node package manager (NPM). The installation instruction can be find at the npm github page (https://github.com/isaacs/npm).
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MongoDB Sharedesk uses mongoDB as the database. It can also be installed on different systems. The instruction are on the mongoDB website (http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Quickstart).
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shareDesk As we have installed the runtime environment we can proceed with shareDesk. There are two ways to get shareDesk:
- Download the archive file (zip) and extract it to your directory (https://github.com/namjul/shareDesk/zipball/master).
- Get shareDesk by cloning it with git:
git clone git://github.com/eeezyy/shareDesk.git
- Modules
Go to your shareDesk folder in the console and run the following command:
npm install
Start the mongoDB deamon: mongod &
Start shareDesk in the shareDesk directory: node app.js To start shareDesk on a different port then 80, just append the port: node app.js 8080
On linux systems you can assure that shareDesk runs even if you are logged out from your system by prepending the command nohup: nohup node app.js
ShareDesk — A web based file sharing tool. Copyright (C) 2011 Samuel Hobl, Alexander Kumbeiz, Goran Janosevic
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
the images used in sharedesk, however are licensed under cc non commercial noderivs:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
