CryptPad
Collaboration suite built to enable collaboration, synchronizing changes to documents in real time.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 70% of tracked projects; popularity more than 75%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 8k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 2026.5.1 · 26 May 2026 |
| Repo updated | 26 May 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Nodejs, Docker |
Is CryptPad actively maintained?
CryptPad logged 640 commits over the last 11 months, but none in the most recent quarter. Development has paused rather than stopped outright — worth watching before a production deployment.
The most recent tagged release, 2026.5.1, is about 4 months old.
CryptPad ranks #3 of 6 in Office Suites, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What CryptPad actually does
CryptPad is a self-hosted office suite designed for real-time document collaboration and synchronisation. It allows multiple users to edit documents simultaneously while keeping data synchronised across sessions.
Best fit: Teams requiring collaborative office tools who need to self-host their infrastructure under an open source licence.
Worth knowing: You will need to evaluate how well its feature set and document formats meet your specific workflow requirements compared to more established office suites.
Deployment notes
As a Node.js application packaged with Docker, you will typically need to configure persistent storage for your data and place it behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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