Hackpad

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.

Hackpad is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Collaboration, Documents, Wiki, and Real-Time Editing.

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7.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
0 APIs
CompanyCollaborationDocumentsWikiReal-Time EditingProductivityOpen Source

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 7.4/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Hackpad Domain Security

no transport/DNS hardening detected

SECURITY

Resources

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 SourceCode
SourceCode

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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.
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x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
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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