Is there any FOSS Text Editor with online collaboration features?

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.

17 points · 13 comments · view on lemmy.world

13 Comments

Ephera@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 194d (5 replies)

CryptPad is a lot like Google Docs.

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

XLE@piefed.social · 7 pts · 194d

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 pts · 194d

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

The end-to-end encryption is so nice

Dezorian@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 194d

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 pts · 193d

+1 for framasoft

XiELEd@piefed.social · 2 pts · 184d

I'm late but thank you for the suggestions

higgsboson@piefed.social · 6 pts · 194d

There's Nextcloud Office (Collabora) or OnlyOffice.

msokiovt@feddit.online · 5 pts · 194d (1 reply)
[ removed ]
Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 193d

Only office is the goat

conrad_id@post.cda.onl · 2 pts · 184d (1 reply)

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.

XiELEd@piefed.social · 1 pts · 184d

I see, thx

vga@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 194d (2 replies)

screen(1) -x :-)

soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 193d (1 reply)

Never tried this - wouldn't all users control a single cursor in this case?

vga@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 193d

Yes.