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Is there any FOSS Text Editor with online collaboration features? (piefed.social)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by XiELEd@piefed.social to c/degoogle@discuss.tchncs.de
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Like Google Docs, also with permissions for Owner, Editor and Viewer, and can be linked. I know making websites exist but I'm not sure if I could access buying any relevant hardware in my city and idk how to self-host.

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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago (5 children)

CryptPad is a lot like Google Docs.

But if you just want collaborative text efiting, then EtherPad has been around since forever. There's also a hosted instance available at https://framapad.org/ .

[–] XLE@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago

Cryptpad is really good for ad hoc collaborative text editing, with a couple bonuses:

  • the server cannot see what you and your friends are writing
  • you don't need an account to participate in creating or editing a document
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Glad to see others recommending CryptPad https://cryptpad.org/instances/

The end-to-end encryption is so nice

[–] Dezorian@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

I use Cryptpad as wel. Its been around quite a while and they have been expanding with an lot of new apps like kanban, drawings, code editors and presentations. All Foss and e2e encrypted.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

+1 for framasoft

[–] XiELEd@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

I'm late but thank you for the suggestions