| Trovebox | |
| Commercial: | Yes |
| Location Country: | USA |
| Type: | Image Hosting Service |
| Registration: | Not required for viewing |
| Founder: | Jaisen Mathai and Patrick Santana |
| 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.
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.
Trovebox 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]