Etherpad
Etherpad is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Office Suites category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Google Docs and Dropbox Paper and ships a Docker image. It has 18,596 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Office Suites
- TypeScript
- Apache-2.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 18,596
- Forks
- 3,058
- Open issues
- 6
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,036
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v3.3.11Oct 24, 2026
- Created
- Mar 26, 2011
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 1,036 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,036 |
| Latest release | v3.3.11 (Oct 24, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 88 |
| Open issues | 6 |
| Open pull requests | 5 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Mar 26, 2011 |
Health as of , from the GitHub API. A label describes activity, not quality or security. How we label project health · Report a data error
About Etherpad
Highly customizable online editor providing collaborative editing in real-time.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/ether/etherpad.
Topics
- etherpad
- collaboration
- web-editor
- documents
- collaborative
- collaborative-editing
- collaborative-framework
- collaborative-writing
- collaborative-research
- document
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Is Etherpad free and open source?
Yes. Etherpad is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Etherpad with Docker?
Yes. Etherpad provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Etherpad?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Etherpad include Grist, CryptPad and ONLYOFFICE. Etherpad itself is a self-hosted alternative to Google Docs and Dropbox Paper.
Is Etherpad actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Etherpad was on Oct 25, 2026 with 1,036 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v3.3.11, published Oct 24, 2026. It had 6 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.