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Gobby
On the record
- Access control
- Gobby provides access-control lists for documents, directories, and server-wide permissions.github.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Chat
- Gobby includes integrated group chat and supports chat documents through the note-chat server plugin.github.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- Gobby shows remote participants’ cursors and selections, highlights text by user, and supports group undo that does not undo remote users’ changes.github.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Collaboration features
- Gobby supports lock-free editing, group undo, remote cursors and selections, and user-specific text colors.github.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Dedicated hosting
- The libinfinity package includes the infinoted dedicated Gobby server, which stores documents persistently and supports configurable plugins.github.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Editing
- The editor supports syntax highlighting through GtkSourceView and full Unicode.github.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Licensing
- Gobby is licensed under GPLv2+ and ISC.github.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Linux download
- Gobby is available on most Linux distributions; Ubuntu and Debian packages are named gobby for the editor and infinoted for the dedicated server.github.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Local discovery
- On Linux, Gobby usually lists other Gobby computers on the same Wi-Fi network automatically; the project says this is not available on Windows or Mac OS X.github.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Mac limitation
- The project says it cannot offer a pre-built Mac OS X package and recommends installing Gobby and required packages with brew.github.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- macOS support
- Gobby runs on Mac OS X, but the project says it does not currently offer a pre-built package and describes installation with brew.github.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Gobby is a collaborative text editor that lets multiple users edit the same document over the internet in real time.github.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Real-time editing
- Multiple users can edit the same document together over the internet in real time.github.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Release information
- The download page identifies Gobby 0.5.0 as the most current version listed there.github.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Security
- The project describes encrypted data transfer with perfect forward secrecy, password-protected sessions, and access control lists.github.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Server
- Gobby includes a built-in server, and more technical users can run a dedicated server.gobby.github.io · read 2 Oct 2026
- Server API
- The document-stream plugin provides a simple API to text and chat documents through Unix domain sockets.github.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Server security
- The infinoted server supports TLS, including a require-tls policy, and automatically uses perfect forward secrecy when TLS is enabled.github.com · read 1 Oct 2026
