# dropbox/hackpad

Hackpad is a web-based realtime wiki.

Repository: https://github.com/dropbox/hackpad
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hackpad
Homepage: https://hackpad.com
Language: Java
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-05-22T20:06:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4038, "days_push": 1199, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3578, forks 519 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:10.882239+00:00)

## What it is
Hackpad is a web-based realtime wiki built on the open source EtherPad collaborative document editor, originally developed by Dropbox. The repository is no longer actively developed and only tracks community forks.

## Use cases
- self-host a realtime collaborative wiki
- collaboratively edit documents in the browser
- run an EtherPad-based team knowledge base
- study a realtime collaborative editor implementation
- fork a discontinued collaborative wiki platform

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted realtime collaborative wiki based on EtherPad
- you need a historical codebase to study or fork for collaborative editing features

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software with bug fixes and security updates
- you want a modern wiki - consider maintained alternatives like Etherpad itself or Wiki.js
- you require clear, permissive licensing - the license is non-standard (NOASSERTION) with many redistributed components

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, search-engine, documentation
- domain: web-development, documentation, self-hosted
- platform: jvm
- tags: wiki, collaborative-editing, realtime, etherpad, discontinued, web-server

## Member repositories
- dropbox/hackpad (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:10.882239+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:34:00.943387+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dropbox/hackpad (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:10.882239+00:00, sha 043d47f124ff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.