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Dev tools · May 26, 2012

Drapache - serve a dynamic website from your dropbox

Serve a website through your dropbox. Contribute to louissobel/Drapache development by creating an account on GitHub.

Drapache - serve a dynamic website from your dropbox launched on May 26, 2012 with 98 votes, #17 of 435 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 14 years on.

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In plain words

Drapache is a developer tool that allows users to serve a website directly from their Dropbox folder. It simplifies website hosting by eliminating the need for separate server infrastructure, letting developers update their sites by simply modifying files in Dropbox. The project is open source and available on GitHub for community contributions.

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