Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Collaborative editing with Quill launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Quill▲83

   An Open Source Rich Text Editor with an API.

   2014 · quilljs.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Quip 5.0▲225

   Now with project management and a new design

   2017 · quip.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Atom▲145

   A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

   2014 · github.blog · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Editorially▲95

   Collaborative writing tool

   2013 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Quill 1.0▲154

   An API driven rich text editor

   2016 · quilljs.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Brackets 1.0▲190

   An open-source text editor for web designers by Adobe

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Fulvid▲86

   A standalone desktop editor for Markdown and MDX

   Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8PA
   Polyphony – A realtime collaborative text editing lib for web/mobile▲8

   2014 · polyphony-ot.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Markdoc▲84

   A shared Markdown editor for people and their agents

   14d ago · markdoc.app · its alternatives →

10. 10TD
    Tandem – Decentralized, cross-editor, collaborative editing▲6

    2018 · typeintandem.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Quill▲96

    Collaborative drawing and wireframing app for iPad

    2015 · getquill.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Collaborative text editing in ~220 lines of JavaScript▲5

    2021 · git.ce9e.org · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Jottings▲95

    Real-time collaboration in Markdown

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14SF
    Spreadsheets for hierarchical data – real-time collaborative editing▲5

    2016 · datascribbler.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Collaborate on Slides▲99

    Shared editing and per-slide feedback on presentations

    2016 · slides.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Macaw▲90

    A simple code editor for Swift

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    FocusWrite▲115

    A local-first writing app with focus modes.

    11d ago · focuswrite.app · its alternatives →

18. 18
    MuM▲93

    A reading-first Markdown engine for macOS

    23d ago · mum.jiker.ai · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Edit Better▲64

    Hollywood-tested strategies for powerful video editing

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20QO
    QuillJS + OT for collaborative rich text editing▲17

    2014 · developers.goinstant.com · its alternatives →

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    Nimble collaborative note-taking▲5

    2018 · rexpad.com · its alternatives →

22. 22AS
    A Simple Diff-Based Copyediting Tool▲5

    2011 · diffly.heroku.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    KeenWrite, a Desktop Text Editor▲6

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Etherpad▲1

    Collaborative editing in really real-time

    2016 · etherpad.org · 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 →