EtherPad was probably the most useful web app I have ever used. The main use case of EtherPad for me was that I embedded it into my startup's blog, so that we could seamlessly collaborate on blog posts together and it would auto-save, etc.<p>Now that EtherPad has been killed, what are some alternatives? Is there any other embeddable, collaborative text editor out there?<p>It looks like old EtherPads are still active for the next couple months, so until March, I will probably be abusing the crap out of a poor, used EtherPad. It would be great to migrate onto a more permanent solution though.
SubEthaEdit: <a href="http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/" rel="nofollow">http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/</a><p>This is what EtherPad was based on. The only problem is that it only works on OS X. I remember using it to take notes with a bunch of other people at the first couple Startup School events. I haven't really ever used it since, but I can say that it held up extremely well even with a dozen people typing as fast as they could all at once.
<a href="http://squadedit.com" rel="nofollow">http://squadedit.com</a> is a pretty similar service. The free version has too many flashing ads for my taste... hopefully they'll fix that!
My preferred alternative to Etherpad, is etherpad.<p>Etherpad is more popular than email in my office. I etherpad stuff, tag it with firefox bookmark tags and share it around. When this was announced, there was a literal, biblical gnashing of teeth.<p>Etherpad guys, I'm happy you're exiting with style but I will miss you badly. And if I could pay you instead of missing you, that'd be peachy.
If you're looking for collaborative code editors, Mozilla's bespin is (going to be) epic: <a href="https://bespin.mozilla.com/" rel="nofollow">https://bespin.mozilla.com/</a>
Sorry for this OT question, but does anyone know of a replacement for Omnisio (<a href="http://www.omnisio.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.omnisio.com/</a>)? They had great integration of slides and video and how you could browse to a particular slide.<p>Another Google acquisition that hasn't seen the light yet.
The best alternative to hosted Etherpad is "EtherPad Private Network Edition": <a href="http://etherpad.com/ep/blog/posts/pne-pricing-store" rel="nofollow">http://etherpad.com/ep/blog/posts/pne-pricing-store</a><p>Hopefully one of their former customers will leak it to the world.
I wouldn't be surprised if re-building etherpad would be a weekend project for a talented hacker, now that Wave is open source. The Wave protocol would allow you to replicate EtherPad pretty easily, you'd just need to build the appropriate UI on top.
I have not had a chance to play around with it much and I'm not sure about embedding (it's late, I must be off to bed!), but take a look at Amy Editor: <a href="http://www.amyeditor.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amyeditor.com/</a><p>Edit: Here is a screencast of it in action: <a href="http://www.amyeditor.com/screencasts/collaboration1.mov" rel="nofollow">http://www.amyeditor.com/screencasts/collaboration1.mov</a>
I sincerely dig the word processor in Google Docs. It's quite good at handling multiple concurrent editors, and you can post to other platforms like WordPress from there.<p>The recently added Folders feature is killer, and my Google Docs "list view" has started to become like an Inbox for me in the beginning of my day, as it neatly displays newly edited, and newly added docs.
While its not text based, check out <a href="http://flockdraw.com" rel="nofollow">http://flockdraw.com</a> which is a multiplayer paint I made with @lunixbochs
beWeeVee Notepad is a techdemo but it works. It does more or less the same as Etherpad. It also have an SDK to develop applications on top of the Operational Transformation Technology.<p>The Url is: www.beweevee.com