Dropbox

For other uses, see Dropbox (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Box (company).

Dropbox, Inc.
FormerlyEvenflow, Inc. (2007–2009)
Company typePublic
Industry
FoundedMay 2007; 17 years ago (2007-05)
Founders
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, U.S.
Key people
Products
RevenueIncrease US$2.50 billion (2023)
Increase US$539 million (2023)
Decrease US$454 million (2023)
Total assetsDecrease US$2.98 billion (2023)
Total equityNegative increase US$−166 million (2023)
Number of employees
2,693 (2023)
ASN
Footnotes / references
[1]
Dropbox
Developer(s)Dropbox, Inc.
Initial releaseSeptember 2008; 16 years ago (2008-09)
Stable release(s) [±]
Windows, macOS, Linux197.4.7629 / April 25, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-04-25)[2]
Windows (Windows Store version)5.0 / March 27, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-03-27)[3]
Android374.2.4 / April 30, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-04-30)[4]
iOS374.2 / April 22, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-04-22)[5]
Preview release(s) [±]
Windows, macOS, Linux198.3.7576 / April 29, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-04-29)[6]
Android375.1.4 / April 30, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-04-30)[7]
Written in
Operating systemAndroid, iOS, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone[12]
Available in22 languages
List of languages
Chinese (traditional and simplified), English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Malaysian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal's and Brazilian), Russian, Spanish (Castilian and Latin American), Ukrainian
TypeOnline backup service
LicenseProprietary software
Websitewww.dropbox.com Edit this on Wikidata

Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by the American company Dropbox, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, U.S. that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. Dropbox was founded in 2007 by MIT students Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi as a startup company, with initial funding from seed accelerator Y Combinator.[13]

Dropbox has experienced criticism and generated controversy for issues including security breaches and privacy concerns.[14]

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  5. ^ "‎Dropbox". App Store. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  6. ^ "Beta Build 198.3.7576". dropboxforum.com. April 29, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  7. ^ "Dropbox APKs". APKMirror. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
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  11. ^ Horn, Daniel; Baid, Mehant (June 29, 2016). "Lossless compression with Brotli in Rust". Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  12. ^ "Dropbox system requirements". help.dropbox.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  13. ^ Kolodny, Lora (March 23, 2018). "Start-up factory Y Combinator notched its first IPO with Dropbox, and others are on the horizon". CNBC. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  14. ^ Johnson, Dave. "Is Dropbox secure? Here's how Dropbox has improved its security measures, and what you can do to protect yourself". Business Insider. Archived from the original on March 18, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.