Organise and get things done
Etherpad (PostgreSQL bundle)
Real-time collaborative documents
About
Write together in real time. Everyone opens the same link and sees each other's changes as they type, with a full history to scroll back through.
Notes
Real-time collaborative document editor. This profile runs the current Etherpad 3.x against a dedicated PostgreSQL database, isolated in its own bundle — a proper, durable store that replaces the old file-backed "dirty" DB (which was prone to corruption and unbounded growth).
Each instance is a fully self-contained bundle: its own Docker network, its own data volume, its own secrets. The agent generates the database password on first install and stores it locally on the device — Obacht never sees it. Pads, history, authors and sessions all live in PostgreSQL; back up the db volume and you've backed up everything.
Built from the official etherpad/etherpad image (Etherpad 3.3, Node 22).
Alternative to: Google Docs
Facts
- Version
- 2.1.1
- Source
- Official
- Runtime
- Several containers
- Devices
- Pi · Linux · Mac
- Min. RAM
- 512 MB
- Project
- etherpad.org
Install
How to run Etherpad (PostgreSQL bundle) yourself
- 01
Connect a device
A Raspberry Pi, a Linux machine or a Mac that is on anyway.
- 02
Install it
One click in your Obacht account. Your device checks the signature before anything runs.
- 03
Open it from anywhere
It gets a web address under your-name.obacht.space, with HTTPS. Add your own domain if you have one.
Open-source contribution
Forwarded
A fixed amount per install goes to Etherpad, forwarded via GitHub Sponsors.
Run it on your own hardware.
Obacht is in a closed pilot phase. Put yourself on the list. We let people in a few at a time, so it can take a while.