Etherpad
Etherpad is a real-time shared text editor where several people can write in the same document at once, and every change is recorded with its author. It is aimed at organisations, schools and self-hosters who want to run their own server.
Description written from the project's own page; checked by AI.
Screenshots4
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Listed in1
The jobs it does, and the closed apps it replaces
Documents
Replaces partlyInstead of Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Apple Pages · Plain shared text; no page layout
What's missing
Things people miss in Etherpad. Upvote what matters to you; it helps its team decide.
Facts
LicenseApache-2.0
Runs onIn your browser · your own server
KindRuns on your own server
Stars on GitHub19k
Hosted onGitHub
ActivityChanged within the last year
Something wrong?
Wrong devices, a wrong description, or it isn't really open source? A mod reviews every suggestion.
What we couldn't confirm3
- Whether Etherpad supports rich formatting, images, tables or page layout is not stated in the README beyond plugins.
- The README says the Docker setup requires PostgreSQL and a Node.js version, but the full feature list was cut off.
- Whether a hosted version run by the project exists is not confirmed; the README only lists third-party public instances.