Siplicity Devlog

Devlog entry - Thursday, 7 November, 2024

Siplicity available in Early Access

What better day than World Digital Preservation Day to announce that Siplicity is now is now available to download, try, and buy in early access!

What is Siplicity? It’s a new application to make transferring digital files simpler, particularly when working in a digital preservation or digital curation context.

What does early access mean? It’s a term from the video game industry, and means that users can buy and use software while it is still being built. For users, this means they can access software earlier and engage with developers to help shape the final product. For developers, it means funding at a crucial stage and real world testing before the formal release.

Should you join the early access? Install and try it first. Although Siplicity is unfinished, the essential functionality is now in place, including the three principal working views (the workspace pane, the analysis pane, and the data entry pane). You can test all of that in the demo. A license is only required to unlock use of the commit button. If there’s already enough there to incorporate the tool in your workflows, or if it’s on the verge of that, please consider getting a license. To reward early access supporters, the early access license includes three year’s access to updates (rather than the normal license’s two years).

If you like what you see, but can’t yet justify the purchase, know that there’s a lot more still to come, including:

I’ll be posting my progress regularly on the devlog, and hope to have these pieces in place for a version one launch early next year.