spacedeck-open/README.md
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# Spacedeck Open
![Spacedeck 6.0 Screenshot](/public/images/sd6-screenshot.png)
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).
The spacedeck.com online service was shut down on May 1st 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.
[MNT Research GmbH](https://mntre.com) has restarted development of Spacedeck Open in 2020.
We appreciate filed issues, pull requests and general discussion.
# Features
- Create virtual whiteboards called *Spaces* with virtually unlimited size
- 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 in realtime with teammates, students or friends
- Share Spaces on the web or via email
- Export your work as printable PDF or ZIP (currently being fixed, stay tuned)
# Use Cases
- Education: Virtual classwork with multimedia
- Creative: Mood boards, Brainstorming, Design Thinking
- Visual note taking and planning
# Requirements, Installation
Spacedeck requires:
- Node.js 10.x: Web Server / API. Download: https://nodejs.org
To run Spacedeck, you only need Node.JS 10.x.
To install all node dependencies, run (do this once):
npm install
# Configuration
See [config/default.json](config/default.json)
# Run (web server)
node spacedeck.js
Then open http://localhost:9666 in a web browser.
# 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.
# Hacking
To rebuild the frontend CSS styles:
gulp styles
# License
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).
Spacedeck Open - Web-based Collaborative Whiteboard For Rich Media
Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Lukas F. Hartmann, Martin Güther
Icons and original CSS design copyright by Thomas Helbig
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/>.