replacing Google Docs
Open Source Google Docs Alternatives
Collaborative documents and word processing — Google Docs pricing: Free / Workspace $6-18/user/month. Below: 1 free,
self-hostable open source projects that cover the same ground, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
There is 1 open source Google Docs alternative tracked on this registry, against Google Docs pricing of Free / Workspace $6-18/user/month. The most-adopted is CryptPad with 7,920 GitHub stars under AGPL-3.0, written in JavaScript. Together the set has 7,920 stars across 1 language and 1 licence. All 1 are free to self-host with no licence fee, and 1 of 1 received a commit in the last 90 days. 1 head-to-head Google Docs comparison are available.
Google Workspace pricing is per-user with a 300-seat cap on Business plans. Offline access is unreliable. Document history is Google's data. No self-hosted option exists.
Our top 1 Google Docs alternatives
CryptPad is an open-source collaboration suite built around end-to-end encryption, written in JavaScript and released under the AGPL-3.0. It lives in the JavaScript and real-time collaboration ecosystem, using ChainPad to synchronize changes to documents in real time. The suite covers documents, sheets, presentations, forms, kanban boards, code, rich text, and whiteboards, all reachable from a single CryptDrive, and it is positioned as an open alternative to Google Docs.
AGPL-3.0 · JavaScript · Google Docs vs CryptPad →
last updated nightly · ranking method: github stars, live-tracked
Frequently asked questions
What is the best open source alternative to Google Docs?
CryptPad is the most-starred open source alternative to Google Docs in this registry, with 7,920 GitHub stars. 1 alternatives are compared here in total.
Are there free alternatives to Google Docs?
Yes. Every project listed on this page is open source and free to self-host — there is no licence fee. Some projects also sell a managed hosted version, but the self-hosted path costs nothing.
What should I look at when replacing Google Docs?
Compare licence terms, community size (stars), primary language and release activity. A fast-moving project with a compatible licence and an active maintainer base matters more than raw star count when you are committing to a migration.