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24 alternatives to CodePad

Collaborative text editor and compiler for pair programming

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. CodePad launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Atom▲145

   A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

   2014 · github.blog · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hackpad▲36

   Collaborate instantly

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Editorially▲95

   Collaborative writing tool

   2013 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Jottings▲95

   Real-time collaboration in Markdown

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Quackpad▲139

   Collaborative docs for teams using Slack

   2015 · quackpad.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Brackets 1.0▲190

   An open-source text editor for web designers by Adobe

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7FA
   Firepad, an open source collaborative text editor▲168

   2013 · firepad.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Macaw▲90

   A simple code editor for Swift

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Etherpad▲1

   Collaborative editing in really real-time

   2016 · etherpad.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Coderviews▲7

    A real-time, collaborative compiler.

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11RE
    Redesigned: Escherpad, a collaborative math and code notebook▲6

    2015 · escherpad.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Code Pad▲98

    A place for developers to save & share code snippets.

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    CotEditor▲102

    The free plain-text editor for OS X

    2014 · coteditor.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Campfire▲84

    The shared workspace for humans and coding agents

    3d ago · boringinfra.company · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Codecrap▲93

    Where developers go to laugh and cry

    2014 · codecrap.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Collaborative Markdown Editor▲83

    Collaborative editor with end-to-end encryption.

    2017 · standardnotes.org · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Duckie▲72

    A Tool for One Person Pair Programming

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Collaborate on Slides▲99

    Shared editing and per-slide feedback on presentations

    2016 · slides.com · its alternatives →

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    Squire▲123

    The <textarea> of the future. A HTML5 rich text editor.

    2014 · neilj.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Fulvid▲86

    A standalone desktop editor for Markdown and MDX

    13d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    A text editor with a programming language▲6

    2023 · lambdaway.free.fr · its alternatives →

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    KeenWrite, a Desktop Text Editor▲6

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    MarkRight▲84

    A minimalistic github flavored markdown editor

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Contentify▲70

    a real-time collaborative content manager on top of Github

    2014 · thyb.github.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →