Sync.in
Encyclopedia
Sync.in is a web-based collaborative real-time editor, from Cynapse
. It allows multiple people to edit the same text document simultaneously. Participants can see the changes in real-time, with each author's text in their own color. A chat box in the sidebar allows participants to communicate.
Sync.in is basedon EtherPad
that was acquired by Google
in December 2009 and released as open source
later that month.
Sync.in uses the Freemium
financial model. Free service requires no sign-up or registration and users can create unlimited public documents. Pro version is available in a Software as a service
model and offers business-centric functions.
or other social networking sites like Twitter
, Facebook
, Del.ici.ous, Digg
, Linkedin
, Ping.fm
and Cyn.in
The software auto-saves the document at each keystroke while participants can permanently save specific versions at any time. A "time slider" feature allows anyone to explore the history of the note and how it evolved to its current state. It is a screenshot video of the creation of the note, keystroke-by-keystroke. The final document can be downloaded in HTML, plain text, or a bookmark file.
Sync.in Pro allows teams to create a secure site on a sync.in sub-domain with users for everyone in the team. Notes are private to the team members and individual notes can be password protected. There is also an option to selectively make notes available to the world.
An Adobe Air based desktop client is available for Windows, Mac OS X
and Linux
and has enhanced features for Pro users. The desktop client lets users create new notes and launch notes directly from their desktop.
Cynapse
Cynapse is a private web software company that was incorporated in April 2001 in Mumbai, India and later in June 2006 in Delaware, USA.Although Cynapse is mostly a products company, it has also undertaken service projects for large software companies like Microsoft and institutions like...
. It allows multiple people to edit the same text document simultaneously. Participants can see the changes in real-time, with each author's text in their own color. A chat box in the sidebar allows participants to communicate.
Sync.in is basedon EtherPad
EtherPad
Etherpad is a web-based collaborative real-time editor, allowing authors to simultaneously edit a text document, and see all of the participants' edits in real-time, with the ability to display each author's text in their own color...
that was acquired by Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
in December 2009 and released as open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
later that month.
Sync.in uses the Freemium
Freemium
Freemium is a business model that works by offering a product or service free of charge while charging a premium for advanced features, functionality, or related products and services...
financial model. Free service requires no sign-up or registration and users can create unlimited public documents. Pro version is available in a Software as a service
Software as a Service
Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...
model and offers business-centric functions.
Features
Anyone can create a new collaborative text document, known as a "note". Each note has its own URL, and anyone who knows this URL can edit the note and participate in the document collaboration. Users can invite their friends or colleagues by sharing the note url using the "share this note" functionality provided in each note. Note URLs can be shared by EmailEmail
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
or other social networking sites like Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
, Del.ici.ous, Digg
Digg
Digg is a social news website. Prior to Digg v4, its cornerstone function consisted of letting people vote stories up or down, called digging and burying, respectively. Digg's popularity prompted the creation of copycat social networking sites with story submission and voting systems...
LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a business-related social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. , LinkedIn reports more than 120 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories. The site is available in English, French,...
, Ping.fm
Ping.fm
Ping.fm is a free social networking and micro-blogging web service that enables users to post to multiple social networks simultaneously.Making an update on Ping.fm pushes the update to a number of different social websites at once...
and Cyn.in
Cyn.in
Cyn.in is an Open Source enterprise collaborative software built on top of Plone a content management system written in the Python programming language which is a layer above Zope. Cyn.in is developed by Cynapse a company founded by Apurva Roy Choudhury and Dhiraj Gupta which is based in India...
The software auto-saves the document at each keystroke while participants can permanently save specific versions at any time. A "time slider" feature allows anyone to explore the history of the note and how it evolved to its current state. It is a screenshot video of the creation of the note, keystroke-by-keystroke. The final document can be downloaded in HTML, plain text, or a bookmark file.
Sync.in Pro allows teams to create a secure site on a sync.in sub-domain with users for everyone in the team. Notes are private to the team members and individual notes can be password protected. There is also an option to selectively make notes available to the world.
An Adobe Air based desktop client is available for Windows, Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
and Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
and has enhanced features for Pro users. The desktop client lets users create new notes and launch notes directly from their desktop.
See also
- EtherpadEtherPadEtherpad is a web-based collaborative real-time editor, allowing authors to simultaneously edit a text document, and see all of the participants' edits in real-time, with the ability to display each author's text in their own color...
- Collaborative real-time editor
- List of collaborative software — Non-real-time collaborative software