Writing & language
Etherpad is a collaborative text editor that lets multiple people work in the same document at once. Its self-hosted software is useful for workshops, shared notes and drafting sessions that need visible contributions and history.
Groups drafting and taking notes together
Self-hosting requires maintenance. Access controls depend on deployment configuration.
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Etherpad provides free open-source collaborative editing software that you can host. Infrastructure, access configuration, updates and backups are the responsibility of the instance operator.
Free self-hosted editor; hosting, security configuration, backups and optional services are separate.
Free self-hosted editor; hosting, security configuration, backups and optional services are separate.
Author colors make simultaneous contributions visible.
Revision history helps recover and understand collaborative edits.
Self-hosting requires maintenance
Access controls depend on deployment configuration
Create a pad for a specific meeting or document and agree on a simple structure before collaborators join. Use author colors and history to understand edits, then export or archive the result.
Configure access and backups on the server instead of assuming a public pad is private. Yes. It attributes edits to authors and uses colors to make simultaneous contributions visible. The official repository describes revision history and a timeslider for reviewing document changes.
Etherpad provides free open-source collaborative editing software that you can host. Infrastructure, access configuration, updates and backups are the responsibility of the instance operator.
Yes. It attributes edits to authors and uses colors to make simultaneous contributions visible.
The official repository describes revision history and a timeslider for reviewing document changes.
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