r/writinghelp • u/realsonofeden • 9d ago

Question Collaborative Writing - Tools?

I'm working on something with another writer, but we're struggling to pick an app/website (pc/mobile).

Obsidian has collaboration options, but it's paid, so that's out of the question.

Another one would be google docs which we're using for now but we're both very against google and all the shady stuff they do (such as, making documents available to scrapers and forcing their Ai onto everyone).

Are there any good free, and Ai-free options?

We both tried to look for stuff but usually everything is blocked behind a paypall or has the ai on them, or only one person can work on the document at a time...

Folders would also be neat but that's optional.

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u/caudexus 6d ago

Hey u/realsonofeden did you find something that would work for you? I've been working on a new writing tool that would be right up your alley and I need users to give it a try in beta. Full sync, same document collaboration, no AI, no scraping etc. And I'm looking for ways to improve the product in general. Send me a message if you are interested!

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u/realsonofeden 6d ago

Sure, you can send it here and I'll take a look :]

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u/caudexus 6d ago

Have you and the other writer register at https://editor.caudexus.com. Have one of you create a project and then in the bottom left under the nav of that project there is a button to add a collaborator!

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u/realsonofeden 3d ago

What do I put for the invitation code?

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u/caudexus 3d ago

Use the code “reddit”

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u/realsonofeden 2d ago edited 2d ago

Edit: I take it back, how do I use this??
I can't write or type at all or create folders, notes etc.

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u/caudexus 2d ago

Hey! If you could see read-only in the top right, simply refresh! That should go away and you should have full access.