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CryptPad

An end-to-end encrypted, open-source office suite in your browser.

Visit CryptPad4.3

  • Rating

    4.3 / 5

  • Pricing

    Freemium

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    Web

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What is CryptPad?

CryptPad is a collaborative office suite that is end-to-end encrypted and open source (AGPL-3.0). It includes documents, rich text, sheets, presentations, forms, kanban boards, diagrams and code or Markdown pads that you can edit together in real time. You can use a free account on a public instance, pay for more storage on the flagship cryptpad.fr instance (€5 to €100 a month), or host it yourself.

Pros: what CryptPad does well

  • End-to-end encrypted real-time collaboration
  • Documents, sheets, slides, forms and kanban in one place
  • Open source and self-hostable

Cons: where it falls short

  • Slower than Google Docs on large files
  • Free storage is limited

Who CryptPad is for

Teams and individuals who want to co-edit documents privately.

Who can skip it

People who need deep Office file compatibility.

Compare CryptPad

See how CryptPad stacks up, side by side, plus the lists it made.

CryptPad alternatives

Not sold on CryptPad? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Writing resources

Google Docs

Focus: documents, word processor and real-time collaboration. Also in Writing and Collaboration, like CryptPad. Adds Android and iOS. Rated 4.7 (CryptPad: 4.3).

Web AppFree planWeb, Android
4.7Visit

ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors

Focus: docx, pdf editor and microsoft office alternative. Shares office suite and open source with CryptPad. A desktop app, not a web app. Free (CryptPad: Freemium). Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.5 (CryptPad: 4.3).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.5Visit

Docmost

Focus: wiki, documentation and confluence alternative. Shares open source with CryptPad. Free (CryptPad: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (CryptPad: 4.3).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit

Grafana

Focus: dashboards, monitoring and metrics. Shares open source with CryptPad. Free (CryptPad: Freemium). Adds Linux. Rated 4.7 (CryptPad: 4.3).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.7Visit

BookStack

Focus: wiki, documentation and self-hosted. Shares open source with CryptPad. Free (CryptPad: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (CryptPad: 4.3).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Free alternatives to CryptPad

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Gitea

Focus: git hosting, code review and issues. Shares open source with CryptPad. Free (CryptPad: Freemium). Adds Linux, macOS and Windows. Rated 4.6 (CryptPad: 4.3).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.6Visit

Seafile

Focus: file sync, cloud storage and self-hosting. Shares open source with CryptPad. Free (CryptPad: Freemium). Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.6 (CryptPad: 4.3).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

Wiki.js

Focus: wiki, documentation and self-hosted. Shares open source with CryptPad. Free (CryptPad: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (CryptPad: 4.3).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

HedgeDoc

Focus: markdown, collaborative editing and self-hosted. Shares open source with CryptPad. Free (CryptPad: Freemium). Rated 4.5 (CryptPad: 4.3).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.5Visit

Etherpad

Focus: collaborative editing, real-time and self-hosted. Shares open source with CryptPad. Free (CryptPad: Freemium). Rated 4.4 (CryptPad: 4.3).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.4Visit

Huly

Focus: project management, issue tracker and team chat. Shares open source with CryptPad. Free (CryptPad: Freemium). Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.4 (CryptPad: 4.3).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.4Visit
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