CLUSTER COLLABORATIVE-REAL-TIME · 53 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2025-09-12
Collaborative document editing tools
This cluster consists of collaborative document and text editing tools, including rich-text editors, Markdown workspaces, and real-time co-editing platforms with features like version history, access controls, and AI assistance. The dated history is sparse, with single entries scattered from 2008 to early 2026, showing no sustained pattern. Traction is led by prototype-annotation (19 stars), followed by Ajaia-Collaborative-Editor (2 stars) and sjtracker (0 stars).
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 2 hand-coded · 18 unlabelled
Operator · 7 hobby · 1 commercial · 2 enterprise · 3 open source · 7 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 21ajaia-docs0★1 molivehobbyWeb app for collaborative document editing with rich text tools, file import, auto-save, and email-based sharing.
- 22Google Docs0★12 dayslivehand-codedenterpriseWord processing app for creating, editing, and collaborating on documents in real time, with offline access, templates, and file conversion.
- 23google-docs0★1 molivehobbyWeb-based collaborative document editor with real-time co-editing, rich text formatting, and organized workspaces.
- 24CogniView2★1 mo—Web application for collaboratively editing encrypted documents and building a shared knowledge base with a roadmap view.
- 25OpenCloud0★1 moliveopen sourceCloud platform for file sync, team workspaces, and collaborative editing of documents, spreadsheets, and presentations with search.
- 26native0★1 moliveCollaborative Markdown workspace for teams to write and organize technical documentation.
- 27etherpad-lite-bin0★19 daysliveopen sourceWeb-based collaborative document editor that lets multiple people write and edit the same text together in real time.
- 28collabdocs0★1 mo—hobbyCollaborative document editor that lets users create, edit, and share rich-text documents with configurable viewer and editor access.
- 29scribe0★1 molivehobbyCollaborative markdown writing workspace with real-time multi-user editing, threaded comments, version history, and role-based document sharing.
- 30ajaia-docs0★1 moliveCollaborative document editor that lets users create, import, share, and export documents with read/write access controls and autosave.
- 31Docsie0★1 moliveReal-time collaborative document platform with rich text editing and export capabilities.
- 32LiveDesk0★3 molivehobbyCollaborative document editor that lets users create workspaces, manage documents, and work together in real time.
- 33Pages: Create Documents0★3 moliveenterpriseDocument editor for creating, formatting, and collaboratively editing reports, resumes, and books across phone, tablet, and computer.
- 34docs-editor0★1 molivehobbyReal-time collaborative document editor that lets multiple users edit rich text, see each other's cursors, and manage document metadata.
- 35Collab-Editor0★2 moliveReal-time collaborative document editor that lets teams co-edit documents with live cursors, role-based access, AI writing assistance, and version history.
- 36workgraph0★2 mo—Collaborative tool that turns daily work narrations into a living ontology and notifies team members of updates.
- 37hedgedoc20★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourcePlatform for writing and sharing Markdown documents collaboratively with others online.
- 38TextEditor : Rich Text Editor0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialRich text editor that supports multiple document formats and syncs with Google Docs.
- 39Notionless0★3 mo—A Notion-style block editor for creating and organizing documents with rich features.
- 40atlas-workspace0★6 mostalelivehobbyWorkspace platform offering real-time collaborative document editing, template libraries, approval workflows, and billing for teams.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.