aid: hackpad
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/hackpad.png
name: Hackpad
description: >-
  Hackpad was a web-based real-time collaborative wiki and document editor,
  built on the open-source Etherpad codebase, that let teams write and edit
  documents together simultaneously. It was acquired by Dropbox in April 2014
  and its underlying platform was released as open source under the Apache 2.0
  license at github.com/dropbox/hackpad. The hosted hackpad.com service was
  wound down after Dropbox folded the team's work into Dropbox Paper, and the
  public service was discontinued in 2017. This API Evangelist profile tracks
  Hackpad as a historical, now-defunct portfolio company surfaced from the a16z
  portfolio; there is no live production API surface remaining, and the durable
  public artifact is the open-source repository.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hackpad/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Collaboration
- Documents
- Wiki
- Real-Time Editing
- Productivity
- Open Source
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hackpad-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://hackpad.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/dropbox/hackpad
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/dropbox/hackpad
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence