Ethersync enables real-time co-editing of local text files. You can use it for pair programming or note-taking, for example! Think Google Docs, but from the comfort of your favorite text editor!
Caution
The project is under active development right now. Everything might change, break, or move around quickly.
- π₯ Real-time collaborative text editing
- π See other people's cursors
- ποΈ Work on entire projects
- π οΈ Sync changes done by text editors and external tools
- βοΈ Local-first: You always have full access, even offline
- π³ Fully-featured Neovim plugin
- πͺ VS Code plugin
- 𧩠Simple protocol for writing new editor plugins
- π Peer-to-peer connections, no need for a server
- π Encrypted connections secured by a shared password
Learn how to install, use, and understand Ethersync in the documentation.
If you're interested in building new editor plugins, read the specification for the daemon-editor protocol.
For more information about Ethersync's design, refer to the list of decision records.
Thanks to NLNet for funding this project through the NGI0 Core Fund.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This project is REUSE compliant, see the headers of each file for licensing information.