Gobby AlternativesText Editors and other similar apps like Gobby

Gobby is described as 'Collaborative text editor with syntax highlighting that lets you work with a team on the same document over a network' and is a Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Gobby for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Linux, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best Gobby alternative is Notepad3, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Gobby are Etherpad, Zoho Writer, Lines code editor and ATPad.

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  1. Notepad3 icon
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    Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.

    210 Notepad3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Notepad3 is the most popular Windows alternative to Gobby.

    • Notepad3 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Gobby.

    • Notepad3 is Free and Open SourceGobby is also Free and Open Source
    • Notepad3 is Lightweight and Privacy focusedGobby is not according to our users
  2. Etherpad icon
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    Etherpad is a highly customizable Open Source online editor providing collaborative editing in really real-time.

    53 Etherpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Sandstorm
    • Cloudron
     
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    Comments about Etherpad as an Alternative to Gobby
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    It has real time collaboration and it's Free too.

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    • Etherpad is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Gobby.

    • Etherpad is Free and Open SourceGobby is also Free and Open Source
    • Etherpad is Privacy focused and LightweightGobby is not according to our users
  3. Zoho Writer icon
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    Cloud-based word processor with AI assistant for improved writing, document publishing across platforms, e-signature, mobile apps, and MS Word compatibility. Offers collaborative tools, custom workflows, secure cloud storage, and seamless integration with other Zoho applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
     
    • Zoho Writer is the most popular Android, Mac, iPhone, Linux, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Gobby.

    • Zoho Writer is Free Personal and ProprietaryGobby is Free and Open Source
    • Zoho Writer is Privacy focusedGobby is not according to our users
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    Lines is a modern and minimalist text editor - IDE with support for over 150 programming languages, embedded code inspectors and many other cool tools to help you write better code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. ATPad icon
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    ATPad is a simple Notepad replacement written in pure C and Windows API. Keeping simplicity of Notepad it provides many additional features. 90kb UPX repacked.

    184 ATPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • The Portable Freeware Collection
     
  6. eduPad icon
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    Real-time collaborative text-editor. No account required. Edits highlighted in authors color. Infinite undo history. Syntax highlighting for editing code. Copy of Etherpad

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Etherpad
     
  7. SubEthaEdit icon
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    Collaborative text editor that works on local network or Internet and includes syntax highlighting for several popular programming languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. MS Paint IDE icon
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    People joke about what IDE they use often, things like Word, MS Notepad, sometimes even Eclipse, and then often times MS Paint. People joke about MS Paint because it's not even a text editor, people joke about it because it doesn't have one feature in common with IDEs.

    163 MS Paint IDE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Paint
     
  9. EdytorNC icon
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    EdytorNC is text editor for CNC programmers. Some features : bolt holes calculation; solutions of triangles calculation; speed, feed calculation; conversion inch/mm, mm/inch; code colouring; RS232 data transmission with automatic file saving and possibility to download new CNC...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Firepad icon
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    An open source collaborative code and text editor. Share documents and see changes occur in real-time. It uses Firebase for real-time data synchronization

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Firebase
     
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    This tool can transform texts into a variety of formats/structures. It can assist tasks of data formatting and coding. Formatting steps can be stored and reused. The tool includes text-to-speech of various languages.

    206 Little Transformer: Text Editor with TTS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    ownCloud Documents is collaborative editing of rich-text documents that lets up to 5 individuals collaborate to edit .odt or .doc files securely within the browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • ownCloud
     
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