Etherpad
A simple shared text page that several people can edit at once.
Instead of Google Docs
S · ToolOpen sourceSelf-hostable
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Etherpad is a plain text editor where everyone types at the same time, and each author's colour shows. It is old, small and open source, and anyone can run a copy.
It does text and not much else, so Delivery is a 3.
- Everyone types in the same page at once
- Small and open source
- Plain text, and not much else
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For comparison, we also reviewed Microsoft 365 (15/30) as a benchmark.
