README.md in gitdocs-0.4.15 vs README.md in gitdocs-0.5.0.pre1
- old
+ new
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# Gitdocs
+[](http://badge.fury.io/rb/gitdocs)
+[](https://codeclimate.com/github/bazaarlabs/gitdocs)
+
Open-source dropbox alternative powered by git. Collaborate on files and tasks without any extra hassle.
gitdocs will automatically keep everyone's repos in sync by pushing and pulling changes.
This allows any git repo to be used as a collaborative task list, file share, or wiki for a team.
Supports a web front-end allowing each repo to be accessed through your browser.
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There you go! Now just start adding and editing files within the directory and they will be automatically
synchronized across all gitdocs-enabled clients.
## Installation
-Requires ruby and rubygems. Install as a gem:
+Requires ruby1.9+ and rubygems. Install as a gem:
```
gem install gitdocs
```
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## Prior Projects
Gitdocs is a fresh project that we originally spiked on in a few days time. Our primary goals are to keep the code as simple as possible,
but provide the features that makes Dropbox great. If you are interested in other Dropbox alternatives, be sure to checkout our notes below:
- * [SparkleShare](http://sparkleshare.org/) is an open source, self-hosted Dropbox alternative written using C# and the [Mono Project](http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page).
+* [SparkleShare](http://sparkleshare.org/) is an open source, self-hosted Dropbox alternative written using C# and the [Mono Project](http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page).
More mature but has a lot of dependencies, and lacks some of the features planned in Gitdocs.
- * [DVCS-Autosync](http://mayrhofer.eu.org/dvcs-autosync) is a project to create an open source replacement for Dropbox based on distributed version control systems.
+* [DVCS-Autosync](http://mayrhofer.eu.org/dvcs-autosync) is a project to create an open source replacement for Dropbox based on distributed version control systems.
Very similar project but again we have features planned that are out of scope (local tunnel file sharing, complete web ui for browsing, uploading and editing).
- * [Lipsync](https://github.com/philcryer/lipsync) is another similar project. We haven't looked at this too closely, but thought we would mention it in this list.
- * [bitpocket](https://github.com/sickill/bitpocket) is a project that uses rsync to synchronize data. Interesting concept, but
+* [Lipsync](https://github.com/philcryer/lipsync) is another similar project. We haven't looked at this too closely, but thought we would mention it in this list.
+* [bitpocket](https://github.com/sickill/bitpocket) is a project that uses rsync to synchronize data. Interesting concept, but
lacks revision history, author tracking, etc and we have features planned that are out of scope for this project
+* [RubyDrop](https://github.com/meltingice/RubyDrop) git backed DropBox clone
+* [git-sync](http://tychoish.com/essay/git-sync/) manual git syncing tool,
+ which also use XMPP notifications
+* [git-annex-assistant](http://git-annex.branchable.com/design/assistant/)
+ directory sync tool based on [git-annex](http://git-annex.branchable.com/). (written in Haskel)
+* [BitTorrent Sync](http://www.bittorrent.com/sync) BitTorrent based syncing
+ tool, not open source or publicly defined protocol
+* [StrongSync](https://secure.expandrive.com/strongsync) Dropbox clone utility,
+ proprietary
If any other open-source dropbox alternatives are available, we would love to hear about them so let us know!