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	Open-source	Active¹	Peer-to-peer	CRDT²	Editor-agnostic
Teamtype	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅ (Neovim, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, TeXstudio)
Reflection	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌ (Standalone)
SubEthaEdit	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌ (Standalone)
Open Collab Tools	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅ (VS Code, Eclipse Theia)
Nextcloud Collectives via Text	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌ (Web)
Zed Collaboration	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌ (Zed)
Acme of Plan 9	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌ (Standalone)
Collabora Online	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌ (Web)
CryptPad	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌ (Web)
Etherpad	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌ (Web)
HedgeDoc	✅	✅	❌	❌³	❌ (Web)
Overleaf	✅⁴	✅	❌	❌	❌ (Web)
Rustpad	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌ (Web)
Tandem	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅ (Sublime, Neovim, Vim)
Teletype	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌ (Atom)
crdt.el	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌ (Emacs)
instant.nvim	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌ (Neovim)
Gobby	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌ (Standalone)
CoVim	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌ (Vim)
togetherly.el	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌ (Emacs)
codemp	❌⁵	✅	❌	✅	✅ (Neovim, VS Code, Sublime, JetBrains IDEs)
Floobits	❌⁵	❌	❌	❌	✅ (Sublime, Atom, Neovim, Vim, JetBrains IDEs, Emacs)
Google Docs	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌ (Web)
VS Live Share	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌ (Visual Studio, VS Code)
Duckly	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅ (VS Code, JetBrains IDEs)
Code With Me	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌ (JetBrains IDEs)

Actively developed as of April 2026 ↩
Uses Conflict-free Replicated Data Types, a requirement for good “local-first” support ↩
Not currently released, but developed and expected in the next major release ↩
Open-source core with limited features ↩
Open-source plugins, proprietary server ↩ ↩2

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