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 Etherpad 1.8.4 with two plugins enabled | |
| Developer(s) | Etherpad Foundation |
|---|---|
| Initial release | November 2008 |
| Stable release | 2.2.5[1] 
/ 21 September 2024 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | JavaScript (Node.js) |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Collaborative real-time editor |
| License | Apache License 2.0 |
| Website | etherpad |
Etherpad (previously known as EtherPad)[2][3] is an open-source, web-based collaborative real-time editor, allowing authors to simultaneously edit a text document, and see all of the participants' edits in real-time, with the ability to display each author's text in their own color. There is also a chat box in the sidebar to allow meta communication.
First launched in November 2008, the software was acquired by Google[4] in December 2009, and released as open source later that month. Further development is coordinated by the Etherpad Foundation.
- ^ "Release 2.2.5". September 21, 2024. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
- ^ "EtherPad Blog: EtherPad Temporarily Reverts to Closed Beta". Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "EtherPad Open Source Release, Google Code". Retrieved February 14, 2013.
- ^ James Somers (November 5, 2014). "How I reverse-engineered Google Docs to play back any document's keystrokes". features.jsomers.net. Retrieved January 5, 2021.