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CryptPad vs Etherpad: catalog facts
CryptPad	Etherpad
Freemium Free and open source under the AGPL. Public instances offer paid storage plans.	Free Free and open source under the Apache licence. Hosting is separate.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Real-time collaboration where the server cannot read the documents A full suite: documents, sheets, slides, kanban, forms and diagrams	Authorship colouring and a timeslider through the entire edit history Very light to run, with a large plugin ecosystem
Encryption limits server-side features such as full-text search Public instances cap storage; heavy use means self-hosting or a subscription	Plain text with minimal formatting; it is not a word processor Plugin quality varies and some conflict
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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