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/ .
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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
Glad to see others recommending CryptPad https://cryptpad.org/instances/
The end-to-end encryption is so nice
+1 for framasoft
I'm late but thank you for the suggestions
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.
I think Proton has something like that as far as I'm aware. It's basic, though.
From a search on AlternativeTo, it looks to be the following, still active:
- OnlyOffice
- Proton Docs
- La Suite Docs
- Etherpad
- Fileverse
- Collabora
- Framapad
- Curvenote
- Airborn
- Univer (Spreadsheets)
- Documize
Hope this helps.
There's Nextcloud Office (Collabora) or OnlyOffice.
There are many solutions, but all that I know of require a server. Check out Cryptpad or Nextcloud. You can find instances hosted by others who will give you a free account.
I see, thx
screen(1) -x :-)
Never tried this - wouldn't all users control a single cursor in this case?
Yes.