CryptPad
Collaboration suite built to enable collaboration, synchronizing changes to documents in real time.
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Still maintained? Yes: 297 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 2026.10.0 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Google Docs and Microsoft Office 365.
At a glance
CryptPad quick facts
- Health score
- 96/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 8,031
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 2026.10.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to CryptPad
Full rankings: Google Docs alternatives, Microsoft Office 365 alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "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."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
CryptPad scores 96/100, #2 of 6 in Office Suites: 297 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (2026.10.0, 9 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 8,031 stars add 15.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 4.4 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
297 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
2026.10.0 released 9 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 15.6 / 20
8k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 297
- Last 90 days
- 790
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 6 tools in Office Suites by health , between Etherpad (#1) and Grist (#3) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Nodejs, Docker |
| Latest release | 2026.10.0 · 9 days ago |
| Stars | 8,031 |
| Open issues | 307 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | cryptpad/cryptpad ↗ |
CryptPad vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with CryptPad (Office Suites), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etherpad | 97 | 19k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| CryptPad (this tool) | 96 | 8k | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| HedgeDoc | 96 | 7.5k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Nextcloud | 88 | 37k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| egroupware | 80 | 301 | GPL-2.0 | today |
| ONLYOFFICE | 69 | 7.1k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
CryptPad: common questions
What does CryptPad replace?
Repoly lists CryptPad as an open-source alternative to Google Docs and Microsoft Office 365. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where CryptPad stands against the others.
Is CryptPad still maintained?
CryptPad had 297 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, 2026.10.0, is from 9 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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