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https://github.com/namjul/shareDesk

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
https://github.com/namjul/shareDesk

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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

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![sharedesk logo](http://sharedesk.at/images/logo.png)



What is ShareDesk?

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[ShareDesk](http://sharedesk.at) 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	

![Demo Board](http://sharedesk.at/images/screenshot.png)



See a demo here:

[sharedesk.at/demo](http://sharedesk.at/demo) 



Features

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* 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



Usage

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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](http://sharedesk.at/nameofyourproject) 



or you use it on your own server, below are some instruction how to install it.



Installation

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1. 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.



2. 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).



3. 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).



4. 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`



5. Modules



Go to your shareDesk folder in the console and run the following command:

`npm install`



Run the server

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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`



Licence

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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 .



the *images* used in sharedesk, however are licensed under cc non commercial noderivs:



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