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# Spacedeck Open
This is the free and open source version of Spacedeck, a web based, real time, collaborative whiteboard application with rich media support. Spacedeck was developed in 6 major releases during Autumn 2011 until the end of 2016 and was originally a commercial SaaS. The developers were Lukas F. Hartmann (mntmn) and Martin Güther (magegu). All icons and large parts of the CSS were designed by Thomas Helbig (dergraph).
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As we plan to retire the subscription based service at spacedeck.com in May 2018, we decided to open-source Spacedeck to allow educational and other organizations who currently rely on Spacedeck to migrate to a self-hosted or local version.
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Easy to use desktop releases with binaries for Linux, Mac and Windows will be published here soon. In the meantime, you have to install Node.JS.
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We appreciate filed issues, pull requests and general discussion.
# Features
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- Create virtual whiteboards called *Spaces* with virtually unlimited size
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- Drag & drop images, videos and audio from your computer or the web
- Write and format text with full control over fonts, colors and style
- Draw, annotate and highlight with included graphical shapes
- Turn your Space into a zooming presentation
- Collaborate and chat in realtime with teammates, students or friends
- Share Spaces on the web or via email
- Export your work as printable PDF or ZIP
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# Data Import from Spacedeck.com
Spacedeck Open has a data import feature that you can use to migrate your ZIP export from Spacedeck.com.
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1. Just copy your downloaded ZIP file into the spacedeck root folder. Don't extract it.
2. Start your local Spacedeck.
3. Navigate to *Account / Profile* (person icon in the top right corner).
4. Click the *Import* button next to the ZIP file name. It is on the bottom of the page.
5. Wait until console output has finished and you're done.
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# Requirements, Installation
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Spacedeck requires:
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- Node.js 9.x: Web Server / API. Download: https://nodejs.org
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To run Spacedeck, you only need Node.JS 9.x.
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To install all node dependencies, run (do this once):
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npm install
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# Configuration
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See [config/default.json ](config/default.json )
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# Run (web server)
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node spacedeck.js
Then open http://localhost:9666 in a web browser.
# Run (desktop app with integrated web server)
electron .
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# Optional Dependencies
For advanced media conversion:
- ffmpeg and ffprobe for video/audio conversion. Download: https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html
- audiowaveform for audio waveform rendering. Download: https://github.com/bbcrd/audiowaveform
- ghostscript for PDF import. Download: https://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html
# Data Storage
By default, media files are uploaded to the ```storage``` folder.
The database is stored in ```database.sqlite``` by default.
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# Hacking
To rebuild the frontend CSS styles:
gulp styles
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# License
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The Spacedeck logo and brand assets are registered trademarks of Spacedeck GmbH. All rights reserved.
Spacedeck Open source code is released under the GNU Affero General Public License Version 3 (GNU AGPLv3).
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Spacedeck Open - Web-based Collaborative Whiteboard For Rich Media
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Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Lukas F. Hartmann, Martin Güther
Icons and original CSS design copyright by Thomas Helbig
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Affero 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
along with this program. If not, see < http: / / www . gnu . org / licenses / > .