Features:

  • Realtime collaboration

    Changes show up simultaneously on all participants' screens.

  • Color-coded edits

    You can easily see who changed which part of the text.

  • Infinite undo

    No limit to how far back in history you can go and rescue an old version of a text. More...

  • Extensible

    You can easily change and extend the software with modules adding extra functionality.

What is Etherpad?

EtherPad is the first web-based word processor that allows people to work together in really real-time.

Why use Etherpad?

All editing of the document is instantly visible on the screens of all participating users, enabling new and productive ways to collaborate on text documents. Etherpad is useful for meeting notes, drafting sessions, education, team programming, and more

Get Started

There are several free Etherpad services which you can start using right now. Or download the software and install Etherpad on your own web server and customize the style to fit in with your existing web pages.

Licensing

Etherpad is Free Software. Various parts are licensed under Apache License 2.0, the BSD License, LGPL 2.1 and the GPL 2.0 licenses, respectively.