CryptPad — open source alternative

End-to-end encrypted collaboration suite.

Strengths

  • Zero-knowledge encryption — even the server cannot read docs.
  • Includes pad, sheets, kanban, whiteboard.
  • Public instance available.

Weaknesses

  • Feature depth below Google Docs for heavy users.
  • Search across pads is limited.
  • Some editors are lighter than mainstream equivalents.
License: AGPL-3.0 Self-host difficulty: 3/5 Hosted cloud option

Official site · Source on GitHub

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