FOSS online equivalent to Google Docs?

Hi everyone. Me and a friend wanted to work on an online document together yet didn't want to use Google Docs. Are there services that allow us to work together? Thank you.

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SecurityPro@lemmy.ml · 26 pts · 2y

Cryptpad.fr

testman@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I appreciate everyone in this thread giving actually useful replies instead of pointing out that OP could have posted in a more suitable community.

trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y

Yeah, I guess I could've, but I was looking for something to use on Android. I could've emphasized on that better, thank you.

vanilla_thunder@mastodon.social · 10 pts · 2y (4 replies)

@trippingonthewire
Nextcloud and Collabora in combination. If you dont want to host your own nextcloud, there are providers offering a hosted nextcloud with collabora. editing spreadsheets from a mobile device (tablet, smartphone) does not work very smoothly, the rest is great, also collaborative file editing.

lk@hallole.eu · 1 pts · 2y

@vanilla_thunder @trippingonthewire Nextcloud with their own Text editior works very well on mobiles as long as you only edit text documents with standard formatting, images etc

helenslunch@feddit.nl · -3 pts · 2y (2 replies)
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WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

They are from mastodon, they cannot avoid that

helenslunch@feddit.nl · -1 pts · 2y
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InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y

Collabora.

If you like compatibility with MS Office, Onlyoffice.

FQQD@lemmy.ohaa.xyz · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I think Nextcloud has some collaborative office stuff

kosmoz@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y

Yes it does, but it is not part of nextcloud itself, they require you to host a collabora CODE server. It works quite well but it's a bit of a hassle to set up

https://www.collaboraoffice.com/code/

Kory@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y
cron@feddit.de · 5 pts · 2y

Etherpad is my personal recommendation.

lk@hallole.eu · 4 pts · 2y

@trippingonthewire There is also Hedgedoc hedgedoc.org/

AdmiralShat@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

My friends and I use Obsidian and Syncthing. It's a bit tricky if you try to edit simultaneously but it works if you edit at different times.

Edit: not foss

noodlejetski@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Obsidian is closed source.

AdmiralShat@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y

Oh fuck, sorry, you're right

Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

I think framasoft also has an option for a google docs alternative! They're the folks who made peertube

mp3@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y

What kind of formatting do you need? Something no too complex that is markdown-based would be enough?

Moonrise2473@feddit.it · 2 pts · 2y

Infomaniak kdrive is open source*

  • = it's using onlyoffice web version + their desktop clients and mobile clients, which is AGPL 3 but it's not really a community effort like LibreOffice, rather a commercial product
tuto193@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Try Typst! It's quite awesome! I wrote my thesis with it :)

dessalines@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y

Hedgedoc / codimd. Collaborative markdown.

Etherpad works, but it's not markdown.

Feathercrown@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 2y

Google Docs is really the best-in-class product in this space by a long shot. I haven't heard of any good FOSS options and Word online is unstable and Microsoft which isn't any better.