Work · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Hackpad

The simplest way to organize and share knowledge

Hackpad is a collaborative workspace designed for organizing and sharing knowledge. It allows teams to create, edit, and collaborate on documents in real time. The platform serves professionals and organizations… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hackpad launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   HackPad is the best wiki ever▲209

   2012 · hackpad.com · its alternatives →

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   Hackpad▲31

   Capture, organize, and share knowledge with your team

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Stekpad▲101

   THE alternative to Hackpad: collaborative docs for free

   2017 · stekpad.com · its alternatives →

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   Slack▲2,714

   Be less busy. Real-time messaging, archiving & search.

   2013 · slack.com · its alternatives →

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   Firepad, an open source collaborative text editor▲168

   2013 · firepad.io · its alternatives →

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   HackMD▲142

   Your Collaborative Markdown Workspace for Knowledge Sharing

   2024 · hackmd.io · its alternatives →

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   Makerpad▲663

   Develop skills, build things and get hired - without code

   2019 · makerpad.co · its alternatives →

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   RexPad▲86

   Nimble collaborative note-taking.

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   Quackpad▲139

   Collaborative docs for teams using Slack

   2015 · quackpad.io · its alternatives →

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    Hackpad▲36

    Collaborate instantly

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    hackerDen▲77

    Collaborative hackathon workspace with visible contributions

    May 2026 · hackerden.netlify.app · its alternatives →

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    Rustpad, a self-hosted online collaborative text editor▲143

    Efficient and minimal collaborative code editor, self-hosted, no database required - ekzhang/rustpad

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pingpad for Slack▲139

    For Slack teams to capture knowledge, organize and act on it

    2016 · pingpad.io · its alternatives →

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    PeerPad▲76

    Realtime P2P collaborative editing tool

    2017 · peerpad.net · its alternatives →

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    Reactivepad▲243

    Docs made smart with textually narrated calculations 📝📊

    2018 · reactivepad.com · its alternatives →

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    Skypad – Simple and Sharable Real-Time Collaborative Notepad▲49

    Skypad. Contribute to skygear-demo/skypad development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Jam▲461

    Collaboratively work on your website right from the page.

    2020 · jam.dev · its alternatives →

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    An open-source collaborative whiteboard▲185

    2018 · wbo.openode.io · its alternatives →

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    Paste by FiftyThree for iOS▲336

    Collaborative decks for creative teams

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    hatchpad▲80

    The Community for Startup Technologists

    2021 · myhatchpad.com · its alternatives →

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    Sandstorm-powered “Try a demo” on Etherpad front page▲35

    2015 · etherpad.org · its alternatives →

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    Etherpad meets Markdown for a minimal company wiki▲56

    2012 · enterprisewiki.co · its alternatives →

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    Deekit 5.0▲117

    The world's most collaborative digital whiteboard

    2017 · deekit.com · its alternatives →

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    SharePad.io – A collaborative code editor and compiler▲60

    SharePad is a free online code interview tool, it has a real-time collaborative code editor, you can run code with built-in compilers.

    2021 · sharepad.io · its alternatives →

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