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Hedgedoc

Real-time collaborative markdown editor. Share notes and documents with your team instantly.

4 sources 7,062 stars Self-hosted AGPL-3.0

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Hedgedoc interface screenshot

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What this project is really offering

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About

HedgeDoc is an open-source, web-based, self-hosted, collaborative markdown editor. It allows users to easily collaborate on notes, graphs, and presentations in real-time by simply sharing a note-link. Formerly known as CodiMD, HedgeDoc ensures that ideas grow better together through seamless collaboration and data control. Installing HedgeDoc on your server is straightforward, with a ready-to-use bundle and a docker image available. For more details, refer to the install guide. HedgeDoc is community-driven and licensed under AGPL 3.0, making it free and open-source. Join our community on Matrix or Discourse, and contribute to translations if you speak another language. HedgeDoc is designed to make collaboration easy and efficient, ensuring that your ideas grow better together.

Why it stands out

HedgeDoc is an open source alternative to Google Docs, HackMD. Licensed under AGPL-3.0, it gives you full access to the source code and the freedom to modify, self-host, and contribute. You can deploy it on your own servers for complete data ownership and privacy.

Highlights

The capabilities most worth remembering

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Web-based

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Self-hosted

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Real-time collaboration

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Presentation mode

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Graphs & diagrams

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Easy to use permission system

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Revisions

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Low system requirements

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Markdown with extensions

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Math formulas (MathJax)

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Diagrams (Mermaid, PlantUML)

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Slide mode presentations

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Permission management

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