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CryptPad
An end-to-end encrypted, open-source office suite in your browser.
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What is CryptPad?
CryptPad is a collaborative office suite that is end-to-end encrypted and open source (AGPL-3.0). It includes documents, rich text, sheets, presentations, forms, kanban boards, diagrams and code or Markdown pads that you can edit together in real time. You can use a free account on a public instance, pay for more storage on the flagship cryptpad.fr instance (€5 to €100 a month), or host it yourself.
Pros
- End-to-end encrypted real-time collaboration
- Documents, sheets, slides, forms and kanban in one place
- Open source and self-hostable
Cons
- Slower than Google Docs on large files
- Free storage is limited
Who should use CryptPad
Teams and individuals who want to co-edit documents privately.
Who may not need it
People who need deep Office file compatibility.
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