A friend asked about secure, encrypted, and private alternatives to google docs… the only thing i could think of was cryptpad which we both felt was so slow and clunky that most people would probably revert back to using google docs…
I thought since folks here on Nostr care about such things, maybe something new has come up in the last few years which is better than cryptpad…
Does nostr:npub1tvqc82mv8cezhax5r34n4muc2c4pgjz8kaye2smj032nngg52clq0rkrq4 know or does he write by carrier pigeon? 🤔
tale of the cryptpad
Google sheets alternative on Nostr
If that was paired with nostr:npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc’s MLS encrypted groups then it’d be interesting, and probably pretty fast too.
As it is, it’s spreadsheets entirely publicly visible which isn’t what people are looking for.
Friend shared this recently. Not sure if it passes the requrements.
I was looking into this some time ago and wondered why it's so hard to find a solution. It should be super simple thing to self-host a basic server that can manage document editing. Yet there seemed to olny be suspicious middleman services.
You can self-host Nextcloud on Sovereign Computing, AKA StartOS from nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll
Nextcloud
proton docs?
libredocs?
I use https://skiff.com/pages and Docs in Proton Drive https://proton.me/drive/docs
Docs in Proton Drive. Spreadsheet and presentation are on the roadmap
nostr:npub1g53mukxnjkcmr94fhryzkqutdz2ukq4ks0gvy5af25rgmwsl4ngq43drvk has been developing an alternative to google docs, based on the open protocol #nostr
https://medium.com/coinmonks/who-is-martti-malmi-why-did-satoshi-trust-him-e89c3019db87
Proton
Proton docs works Ok, has some kinks but they seem to be working on em constantly
Proton is a honeypot but at least it pretends not to be
You can't use it to keep your stuff private, but you can use it to signal that you wish your stuff was private and your interest in that is serious enough to be avoiding Google
I was going to say ONLYOFFICE but that isn't encrypted. Then again I don't see anything wrong with cryptpad.
Two options that probably aren't what you'd be looking for but might work that I know of is Joplin and Syncthing.
You can setup syncthing on a device or server and set said device/server to be encrypted so it can deliver files 24/7 without actually being able to see them. Could be a way to have access to files everywhere even if they're edited with local programs.
Joplin is only text and files, but you can edit in WYSIWYG mode or markdown and you can sync end to end using a bunch of different things.
GM!
Certainly not a g docs replacement (yet), I made a simple list app which works offline and syncs via nostr with a shared nsec for encryption
This is the nostr data replication library I am working on:
