HedgeDoc

A collaborative Markdown editor for writing notes, documentation and slides together in real time; this branch is the rewrite that will become HedgeDoc 2.

7.5k stars, 611 forks TypeScript On GitHub since March 2019

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What is HedgeDoc?

HedgeDoc lets several people edit the same Markdown note in real time in the browser, with live preview, diagrams, math and presentation mode. Version 1.x, which grew out of CodiMD, is stable and widely used, but its codebase became hard to extend, so the team is writing HedgeDoc 2 from scratch, split into a backend and a frontend. This repository's main branch holds that new code, which does not implement every feature yet; the 1.x code lives on the master branch.

Good fit if

  • You take shared meeting notes or write documentation together in Markdown.
  • You want to follow the development of the 2.0 rewrite.

Look elsewhere if

Before you adopt it

HedgeDoc is AGPL-3.0, community-run and without paid parts. For production use the 1.x release, which now receives maintenance only, and treat 2.0 as work in progress.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

HedgeDoc health: is it still maintained?

81 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    183 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 29 October 2026.
    27 / 30
  • Contributors
    7 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 51% of them.
    12 / 20
  • Releases
    8 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, 1.12.0, on 21 August 2026.
    17 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 88% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 2 days.
    17 / 20
  • Security practices
    OpenSSF Scorecard 7.6 of 10.
    8 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

HedgeDoc license: is it open source?

HedgeDoc uses AGPL-3.0, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. March 2019First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayAGPL-3.0.

How to run HedgeDoc yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
docker/docker-compose.yml: 4 services (postgres, proxy)
Setup effort
3 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: hedgedoc.org or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about HedgeDoc

Is HedgeDoc open source?

Yes. HedgeDoc is published under AGPL-3.0, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is HedgeDoc still maintained?

Its health score is 81 of 100 (actively developed). It had 183 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 29 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 21 August 2026.

How do I run HedgeDoc?

You can run it with Docker. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to HedgeDoc?

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