Dropbox acquires Pixelapse

Pixelapse is a visual version control and collaboration workflow for open source and private design projects. While normal version control works only for files that can be opened in an editor, Pixelapse can differentiate changes in design and every design iteration is saved. This week, Pixelapse has announced that they are joining Dropbox.

Dropbox’s acquisition of Pixelapse will enable new development efforts and with focus on bringing Pixelapse expert collaboration and workflow experiences over to core Dropbox product. If done well, we may see visual version control applied to Dropbox which would be amazing.

Today, we’re proud to announce that we’re joining Dropbox!

We started Pixelapse with the mission of building the definitive version control and collaboration platform for creatives. Since then, we’ve been fortunate to become a part of the daily workflow of tens of thousands of freelance designers and creative teams. The prospect of developing products at Dropbox that expand this vision to millions of users is tremendously exciting.

Our new development efforts will be focused on bringing the same kinds of collaboration and workflow experiences that you’re used to in Pixelapse over to the core Dropbox product. Pixelapse as a standalone product will continue to operate and be supported for the next year as we work towards this goal, at which point we’ll offer a migration plan for your work.

We would sincerely like to thank each of you for every helpful piece of feedback, every supportive comment and the unwavering trust you’ve placed in us since the very beginning. We’re thrilled to join the Dropbox team in fully realizing our original mission, but we still have a long way to go. We hope you’ll love what we have in store!

– Shravan, Min Ming & the Pixelapse Team