Key facts
- Original author
- Kim Dotcom
- Developer
- MEGA Cloud Services Limited
- Initial release
- 19 January 2013 ; 13 years ago ( 2013-01-19 )
- Written in
- PHP , C++ , JavaScript , Java , Objective-C
- Operating system
- Microsoft Windows macOS Linux Android iOS Windows Phone Browser extension
- Available in
- 18 languages
- Type
- Cloud storage VPN Video conferencing File hosting service Remote backup service Password manager
- License
- MEGA Limited Code Review Licence ( source-available freeware )
- Website
- mega .io , mega .nz
- Repository
- github .com /meganz
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- mega.io/zh-hans
- Image
- MEGA Chat Screenshot 08-01-2017 anonymized.png
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- Commons category
- Mega (service)
- inception
- 2013-01-00
- Alexa rank
- 753
- official blog URL
- blog.mega.io
- social media followers
- 20500
- software version identifier
- 10.0
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Mega (stylised as MEGA) is a file hosting service offered by Mega Cloud Services Limited, a company based in Auckland, New Zealand, and owned by Hong Kong-based Cloud Tech Services Limited. The service is offered through web-based apps. MEGA mobile apps are also available for Android and iOS.
The website and service was launched on 19 January 2013, by Kim Dotcom, who had founded the now-defunct service Megaupload, which was seized by the United States government in 2012. However, in 2015 Kim Dotcom had distanced himself from the service and stated that the New Zealand government had seized the shares of a Chinese investor and has control of the site. Mega Limited responded that the authorities have not interfered with its operations.