CryptPad vs DocumentServer
CryptPad and DocumentServer are both office suite software. CryptPad is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 8k GitHub stars. DocumentServer is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 7.1k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick CryptPad when
- Confidentiality is the deciding factor and you want shared documents that even the server operator cannot read, either self-hosted or on cryptpad.fr.
- Pick DocumentServer when
- You want browser-based Office-compatible editing on your own servers.
Side by side
An end-to-end encrypted office suite in the browser with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, kanban and whiteboards, where the server cannot read the content.
ONLYOFFICE Docs, an online office suite for editing Word, Excel, PowerPoint, forms and PDF files collaboratively in the browser, integrated with Nextcloud and other platforms.
Encryption makes server-side search, recovery of lost keys and integrations harder, and large spreadsheets and documents can feel slower than Google or Microsoft equivalents.
The free edition caps simultaneous connections, so larger teams need a paid edition.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server and cloud service (both)
JavaScript, Node.js and OnlyOffice
JavaScript, C++ and Node.js
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft) (both)
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes. (both)
8k GitHub stars
7.1k GitHub stars
Established: started 12 years ago, latest release 2026.10.0.
Established: started 12 years ago, latest release v10.0.0.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.