Related Projects
There have been a number of attempts of enabling collaborative text editing! If you think a project is missing, feel free to submit an issue or a PR to add them to the list!
| Open-source | Actively developed1 | Peer-to-peer | Local-first2 | Editor-agnostic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tandem | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ (Sublime, Neovim, Vim) |
| Open Collab Tools | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ (VS Code, Eclipse Theia) |
| crdt.el | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ (Emacs) |
| instant.nvim | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ (Neovim) |
| Teletype | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ (Atom) |
| Etherpad | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ (Web) |
| HedgeDoc | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅3 | ❌ (Web) |
| CryptPad | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ (Web) |
| Nextcloud Text | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ (Web) |
| Rustpad | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ (Web) |
| SubEthaEdit | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ (Standalone) |
| Gobby | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ (Standalone) |
| Floobits | ❌4 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ (Sublime, Atom, Neovim, Vim, IntelliJ, Emacs) |
| Google Docs | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ (Web) |
| Visual Studio Live Share | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ (Visual Studio, VS Code) |
| IntelliJ's Code With Me | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ (IntelliJ) |
1
As of September 2024
2
This column indicates that the software uses CRDTs, we haven't checked for good offline support
3
Starting with the (upcoming) version 2.0
4
Open-source plugins, proprietary server