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Etherpad is a web-based real-time collaborative editor with chat, rich-text formatting, and a plugin framework for customization and integrations.
18.5k stars3k forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained
7 self-hosted Google Docs alternatives
Cloud-based word processor for creating, editing and collaborating on documents in real time. Provides sharing and access controls, comments and suggestions, version history, templates, import/export (including PDF) and integration with Google Drive and Google Workspace.
Alternatives to Google Docs
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CryptPad is an end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite with real-time editors, file storage, and sharing, designed to keep document contents private from servers and admins.
7.8k stars836 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Self-hostable online office suite for viewing and collaboratively editing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs, and forms with strong OOXML compatibility.
6.7k stars1.3k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
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IronCalc is a modern open-source spreadsheet engine for building and embedding spreadsheets, with XLSX reading/writing and language bindings including WebAssembly.
4k stars162 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained
Self-hosted collaborative office suite for Nextcloud providing real-time editing, high-fidelity rendering and support for DOCX, XLSX, PPTX and ODF formats.
453 stars145 forkslast commit Actively maintained
Fork of Calibre-Web providing a Bootstrap-based web UI to browse, read, convert and serve eBooks, comics and PDFs from a Calibre database with Docker support.
236 stars6 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE) provides a self-hosted LibreOffice-based online editor for documents, spreadsheets and presentations for testing or small teams.
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What replacing Google Docs actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 6 of 7 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: Apache-2.0, AGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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