Etherpad

Etherpad
	Etherpad 1.8.4 with two plugins enabled
Developer(s)	Etherpad Foundation
Initial release	November 2008
Stable release	2.0.3 / 29 April 2024
Repository	github.com/ether/etherpad-lite ;
Written in	JavaScript (Node.js)
Operating system	Cross-platform
Available in	English
Type	Collaborative real-time editor
License	Apache License 2.0
Website	etherpad.org

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 2.0.3". April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 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.

[wikidata-73a40e08d50f220e6f1581c45d649db508e674b7-v12-1] "Release 2.0.3". April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.

[2] "EtherPad Blog: EtherPad Temporarily Reverts to Closed Beta". Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2016.

[3] "EtherPad Open Source Release, Google Code". Retrieved February 14, 2013.

[4] 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.

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