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CryptPad vs yft-design
CryptPad has 7,927 GitHub stars, 849 forks, 401 open issues and last shipped yesterday. yft-design has 1,644 stars, 333 forks, 18 open issues and last shipped 15 days ago. CryptPad leads on adoption by 382% (7,927 vs 1,644 stars). CryptPad is written in JavaScript under AGPL-3.0; yft-design is written in TypeScript under MIT. CryptPad has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, yft-design 20%. CryptPad was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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 | yft-design | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 7.9K | ★ 1.6K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-04 |
| Forks | ⑂ 849 | ⑂ 333 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick CryptPad if
- You weight community size — 7.9K 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 yft-design if
- You want the yft-design feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and yft-design fits your workflow better
About CryptPad
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.
read the full CryptPad overview →
About yft-design
yft design is an MIT licensed online design editor written in TypeScript with Vue 3, fabric.js, and Element Plus, aimed at anyone who needs poster design and image editing without depending on a commercial design platform.
read the full yft-design overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is CryptPad or yft-design more popular?
CryptPad has 7,927 GitHub stars and yft-design has 1,644. CryptPad has the larger community by that measure.
Are CryptPad and yft-design free?
Both are open source. CryptPad is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and yft-design under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between CryptPad and yft-design?
CryptPad is written in JavaScript and yft-design in TypeScript. 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 yft-design?
Choose CryptPad if you want the larger community (7,927 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose yft-design if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.