Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Multi User Text Editor
A collaborative, Google Docs-like text editor
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Multi User Text Editor launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · firepad.io · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I am building Docmost, an open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. It is an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion. I have been working on it for the past 12 months. This is the first public release (beta). The rich-text editor has support for real-time collaboration, LaTex, inline comments, tables, and callouts to name a few. Features - Collaborative real-time editor - Spaces (Teamspace) - User permissions - Groups - Comments - Page history - Nested pages - Search - File attachments You can find screenshots of the product on the website. Website:…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Collaborative editor with end-to-end encryption.
2017 · its alternatives →
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Draft brand new documents to use over API
2025 · useanvil.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, Like many of you here, this is not my first time applying to YC. Each time, my co-founder and I would copy the YC application to google docs to collaborate on it, then we copy it back to submit. This got us thinking - why can't we just collaborate on the YC application in the YC application? At one point I went down the CRDT rabbit hole and realized collaborative forms would be a great use of CRDTs, so I decided to build this out to an MVP. If you're curious about CRDTs (Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types) and how they differ from OT (Operational transformation, which is what powers…
2024 · togetherform.com · its alternatives →
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Design powerful websites together with your team on Editor X
2021 · its alternatives →
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Zen Editor▲99Customizable AI Text Editor that syncs with Google Docs
Nov 2025 · zeneditor.co · its alternatives →
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2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · conclave-team.github.io · its alternatives →
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Collaborate websites feedback like a Google doc
2018 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! For the last 8 months we've been working on leaflet.pub, a web app for making delightful documents. We're trying to strike a balance between Notion and Google Docs — very fast, ultralight and easy to share, but also supporting rich blocks and multiple pages. Weirdly, none of the many notetaking/document apps that we could find hit this combination, so we made Leaflet. With it you can: - Instantly create a doc, without an account - Share read and edit links - Sign-in with email to sync your docs to different devices - Add rich blocks, like canvases, subpages, rsvps, and polls It's…
2025 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, Since 2019, I’ve been working on a writing platform designed for creating complex documents (e.g., theses). I personally use it for everything as it also allows to classify documents in categories so you can organize them efficiently. As of a few months ago, the app is also available in the browser, and you can now invite coworkers to collaborate on a document in real time. The app is somewhat inspired by LyX. It offers an intuitive, modern editor, but users don’t need to know any LaTeX. When it’s time to export, they can choose from a range of templates (IEEE paper, thesis, etc.). A…
2025 · its alternatives →
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