What is Firepad?

Firepad is an open-source, real-time collaborative code and text editor. It allows multiple users to edit text documents or code in the same file at the same time while seeing each other's edits character-by-character as they happen.

Some of the key features of Firepad include:

• Real-time collaboration - Changes made by any user are immediately reflected on the screens of all other users who are editing the same document.
• Rich-text formatting - Supports headers, bold, italics, hyperlinks, lists, etc. Formatting is preserved when changes are synced between users.
• Code syntax highlighting - Detects languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript and highlights code accordingly.
• User presence indication - Shows cursors of other users editing the file so you can see who is editing what part of the document.
• Offline persistence - Changes are saved locally, so users can view and edit even without an internet connection.

Firepad is built on the Firebase real-time database which handles the multi-user syncing and data storage. It can be embedded easily into any web application to add real-time collaboration capabilities. The editor interface uses CodeMirror and supports text editing as well as code editing with appropriate syntax highlighting.

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