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Open-source alternatives to Google Docs

8 open-source projects are offered as replacements for Google Docs. EtherPad is the most starred. Running one yourself trades the subscription for your own hosting and upkeep, so the table below leads with what decides that trade: whether the project is alive, what its licence lets a business do, and whether there is a container command to start from.

6 / 8
Pushed in the last 90 days
0 / 8
With a container command
2 / 8
Permissive licence
Google Docs’s own site ↗

Side by side

Open-source alternatives to Google Docs
ProjectStarsActivityLicenceSelf-hostLanguage
EtherPad18,593ActivePermissive○TypeScript
CryptPad8,013ActiveNetwork copyleft○JavaScript
Hedgedoc7,485ActiveNetwork copyleft○TypeScript
ONLYOFFICE7,031ActiveNetwork copyleft○Shell
Colabora Online3,380ActiveNot identified○Shell
Bangle-io1,236ActiveNot identified○TypeScript
PeerPad693QuietPermissive○JavaScript
Graphite Docs605QuietCopyleft○JavaScript

Each one, briefly

  • EtherPad18,593 stars · permissive · active

    Etherpad: A modern really-real-time collaborative document editor.

    Also replaces Typora

  • CryptPad8,013 stars · network copyleft · active

    Collaborative office suite, end-to-end encrypted and open-source.

    Also replaces Office Online

  • Hedgedoc7,485 stars · network copyleft · active

    HedgeDoc - Ideas grow better together

    Also replaces Office Online

  • ONLYOFFICE7,031 stars · network copyleft · active

    ONLYOFFICE Docs is a free collaborative online office suite comprising viewers and editors for texts, spreadsheets and presentations, forms and PDF, fully compatible with Office Open XML formats: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx and enabling collaborative editing in real time.

    Also replaces Office Online

  • Colabora Online3,380 stars · not identified · active

    Issue tracker only. Active development is on Gerrit at https://gerrit.collaboraoffice.com/.

    Also replaces Office Online

  • Bangle-io1,236 stars · not identified · active

    A web only WYSIWYG note taking app that saves notes locally in markdown format. v2: https://app.bangle.io/

    Also replaces Evernote, Notion

  • PeerPad693 stars · permissive · quiet

    📝 Online editor providing collaborative editing in really real-time using CRDTs and IPFS.

    Also replaces Typora

  • Graphite Docs605 stars · copyleft · quiet

    Encrypted, secure, user-owned productivity suite

    Also replaces Office Online

Where this comes from

Which projects are offered against Google Docs comes from opensourcealternative.to, re-read weekly. Every figure in the table is read from the project’s own repository. We have not run these projects, and we hold no price for Google Docs. Browse every open-source alternative.