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Ask HN: List your Etherpad alternatives

12 points by DTrejo 17y ago

Etherpad is down right now. Hopefully it will come back up soon so everyone can export their pads. In the meantime I thought it would be good to make a list of open source etherpad sites. piratepad.net faxpad.org lolpad.org ietherpad.com primarypad.com (in future, only for UK schools) Please comment on your preferences and any others you've discovered! So far, there is no replacement for the account and business oriented side of etherpad (please enlighten me if you've found one). Thanks everyone!

nathanb 17y ago
Dropbox + vi?
- tjoozeylabs 17y ago
  ghetto
  - nathanb 17y ago
    Just the way I like it :)
seiji 17y ago
If those sites have email set up correctly, you can sign up for free pro accounts. Just go to /ep/pro-signup/ at any etherpad domain.
- DTrejo 17y ago
  piratepad.net/ep/pro-signup/ - finish activation seems broken faxpad.org/ep/pro-signup/ - broken lolpad.org/ep/pro-signup/ - working! I think. Email has yet to arrive. ietherpad.com/ep/pro-signup/ - finish activation seems broken
  - seiji 17y ago
    It works on my testing site (no uptime guarantees -- it's for testing!): http://thoughtjotter.com/ep/pro-signup/ http://thoughtjotter.com/ep/pro-signup/ Note: the verify email still needs some tweaking. You must change these in the verify URL: 1. remove https for http 2. remove the dangling :0 at the end of the hostname
    - slig 17y ago
      The second issue can be solved easily by changing the line 378, on etherpad/utils.js to: if (appjet.config.listenSecurePort && appjet.config.listenSecurePort != "443") { The https problem I changed sometime ago in a bulk search for https on the source. HTH.
tomh- 17y ago
What about Google Wave? :)
waldrews 17y ago
Anyone here with Java hosting experience want to do a (cheap) paid account model? Looks like we all still need a well maintained one.
erikwiffin 17y ago
Not etherpad, but I found it worked better for me on a bad internet connection with a slow processor. http://moonedit.com/ http://moonedit.com/

12 points by DTrejo 17y ago

nathanb 17y ago

Dropbox + vi?

tjoozeylabs 17y ago
ghetto
- nathanb 17y ago
  Just the way I like it :)

seiji 17y ago

If those sites have email set up correctly, you can sign up for free pro accounts. Just go to /ep/pro-signup/ at any etherpad domain.

DTrejo 17y ago
piratepad.net/ep/pro-signup/ - finish activation seems broken faxpad.org/ep/pro-signup/ - broken lolpad.org/ep/pro-signup/ - working! I think. Email has yet to arrive. ietherpad.com/ep/pro-signup/ - finish activation seems broken
- seiji 17y ago
  It works on my testing site (no uptime guarantees -- it's for testing!): http://thoughtjotter.com/ep/pro-signup/ http://thoughtjotter.com/ep/pro-signup/ Note: the verify email still needs some tweaking. You must change these in the verify URL: 1. remove https for http 2. remove the dangling :0 at the end of the hostname
  - slig 17y ago
    The second issue can be solved easily by changing the line 378, on etherpad/utils.js to: if (appjet.config.listenSecurePort && appjet.config.listenSecurePort != "443") { The https problem I changed sometime ago in a bulk search for https on the source. HTH.

tomh- 17y ago

What about Google Wave? :)

waldrews 17y ago

Anyone here with Java hosting experience want to do a (cheap) paid account model? Looks like we all still need a well maintained one.

erikwiffin 17y ago

Not etherpad, but I found it worked better for me on a bad internet connection with a slow processor. http://moonedit.com/ http://moonedit.com/