Dropship (software)

Dropship was a set of API utilities for use with Dropbox accounts. The utilities used Dropbox's de-duplication facilities to allow files, identified by their Dropbox hashes, to be copied from Dropbox's servers.

Dropship
Original author	Wladimir van der Laan
Initial release	April 2011 (2011-04)
Final release	0.0.1 / April 26, 2011 (2011-04-26)
Repository	github.com/driverdan/dropship
Written in	Python
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Computer security
License	MIT license
Website	dropship at github

According to the GitHub project, dropship is no longer functional due to the backend changes Dropbox made to their service.^[1]

Controversy

Dropship was the target of legal maneuvering by Dropbox that attempted to shut down the project and remove it from the Internet.^[2] The mechanism of Dropbox's attempt to shut down the Dropship project generated both online discussion^[3] and negative press for the company.^[4]

See also

• Dropbox