Org-mode reader, setup for a collaborationtool
My hatred for Confluence, Notion et al. has motivated me to explore prototyping a seedling for a collaboration tool that is plaintext-friendly, built on top of Org and is still friendly for non-techies who are familiar with Notion, Google Docs and the likes in terms of usability. The page currently just renders https://gitlab.com/formation.tools/eng/engineering/-/raw/mai... which is effectively the file we use to align on work internally, so we're dogfooding this. Eventually, I would like to be able to just show any git repo and offer collaborative…
In plain words
Org-mode Reader is a plaintext-based collaboration tool built on Org-mode, designed for teams familiar with Notion and Google Docs. It renders documents directly from Git repositories and supports real-time collaborative editing that commits changes back to Git. The tool aims to combine the simplicity of plain text with an intuitive interface for non-technical users, offering an alternative to traditional collaboration platforms.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
In the maker’s words, at launch
My hatred for Confluence, Notion et al. has motivated me to explore prototyping a seedling for a collaboration tool that is plaintext-friendly, built on top of Org and is still friendly for non-techies who are familiar with Notion, Google Docs and the likes in terms of usability. The page currently just renders https://gitlab.com/formation.tools/eng/engineering/-/raw/mai... which is effectively the file we use to align on work internally, so we're dogfooding this. Eventually, I would like to be able to just show any git repo and offer collaborative editing that effects a git commit at the end. For the WYSIWYG bit, I'll be meeting with the author of ProseMirror and CodeMirror over coffee next week (hopefully) to spar on good ways to implement this. Roast away, good folks! I can use the feedback especially since I don't know if I'm the only idiot who wants to collab just in plaintext (without forcing my colleagues to Emacs).
More work this month
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A couple of years ago, I had an interesting idea. What if there was a marketplace where all the underlying tech was open-source? The order management system, the storefront, customer support, etc. The marketplace would simply connect to the seller’s infra instead of locking them in. If, for some reason, the seller is removed from the marketplace, their software stays with them and they can continue accepting orders directly. This model can be used to disrupt any marketplace from AirBNB to UberEats: building tech for home renters and restaurants and later, leveraging that to build a competing…
Dev tools · 2022 · openship.org
