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CryptPad vs Collabora Online
CryptPad has 8,039 GitHub stars, 873 forks, 401 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Collabora Online has 3,389 stars, 1,014 forks, 874 open issues and last shipped 7 days ago. CryptPad leads on adoption by 137% (8,039 vs 3,389 stars). CryptPad is written in JavaScript under AGPL-3.0; Collabora Online is written in Shell under a custom or non-standard licence. CryptPad has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, Collabora Online 30%. CryptPad was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (javascript), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| CryptPad | Collabora Online | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 8.0K | ★ 3.4K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | JavaScript | Shell |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-27 |
| Forks | ⑂ 873 | ⑂ 1.0K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick CryptPad if
- You weight community size — 8.0K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Collabora Online if
- You want the Collabora Online feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Shell
- You evaluated both and Collabora Online fits your workflow better
About CryptPad
CryptPad CryptPad is a collaboration suite that is end to end encrypted and open source. It is designed to facilitate collaboration by synchronizing changes to documents in real time. Since all the user data is encrypted, in the event of a breach, attackers have no way of accessing the stored content. Furthermore, if the administrators do not modify the code, they and the service also cannot access any information about the users' content. Installation For development Our developer guide provides instructions for setting up a local instance without HTTPS or our more advanced security features. For production…
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About Collabora Online
Collabora Online [!IMPORTANT] About this repository. Active development of Collabora Online has moved to our Gerrit instance at which is where the source code and code review live. This GitHub repository is kept for: Issue tracking — please report bugs and request features here. Release artifacts — the nightly container image, the Helm chart, and build assets are published from here. Source code changes go to Gerrit, not GitHub. Follow CONTRIBUTING.md and push to Gerrit instead. Pull requests here are welcome only for the parts this repository owns — the Helm chart and the docker image build. A read only mirror…
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Frequently asked questions
Is CryptPad or Collabora Online more popular?
CryptPad has 8,039 GitHub stars and Collabora Online has 3,389. CryptPad has the larger community by that measure.
Are CryptPad and Collabora Online free?
Both are open source. CryptPad is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and Collabora Online has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between CryptPad and Collabora Online?
CryptPad is written in JavaScript and Collabora Online in Shell. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, CryptPad or Collabora Online?
Choose CryptPad if you want the larger community (8,039 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Collabora Online if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.