CryptPad

Collaboration suite built to enable collaboration, synchronizing changes to documents in real time.

Active Last commit on 2026-11-09 · 8 releases in the past year · 803 commits in the past 12 months

At a glance

GitHub stars: 8.1k
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Latest release: 2026.10.0
2026-10-21
Commits (12 mo): 803
Releases (12 mo): 8
License: AGPL-3.0
Language / platform: Nodejs, Docker

Maintenance health: Active

Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit on 2026-11-09 · 8 releases in the past year · 803 commits in the past 12 months.

How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from awesome-selfhosted-data (refreshed daily from GitHub); release counts from the GitHub releases feed (includes pre-releases).

Run CryptPad yourself

RAM: ~4 GB server (2 vCPU)
Docker: yes — image cryptpad/cryptpad on Docker Hub (876.2k pulls)

Estimated monthly server cost

Provider	Plan size	~ USD / month
Vultr	4 GB	$20	Deploy →
DigitalOcean	4 GB	$24	Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)	4 GB	$24	Deploy →

Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

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CryptPad is an alternative to

Google Drive Google Docs Microsoft 365 Google Workspace Microsoft Word Microsoft Office

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