What is Hacker Pad?
Hacker Pad is an online real-time collaborative code and text editing service. It provides a web-based interface for multiple people to edit the same document at the same time with synchronized scrolling and cursors.
Some key features of Hacker Pad include:
- Real-time synchronized editing - all collaborators see edits and cursor positions update live as they type
- Code completion, syntax highlighting, themes for various languages
- Chat and commenting to discuss the document
- Revision history to see previous versions and roll back changes
- Integrations with GitHub, Dropbox, Google Drive etc for storage
Hacker Pad is designed for use cases like pair programming, code reviews, collaborative writing, teaching coding, team projects and any scenario where multiple people need to work together on the same code or text document. The real-time capabilities allow for better collaboration than traditional file sharing apps like Google Docs.
It's a useful platform for developers, software engineers, writers and technical teams looking for a better collaborative editing and reading experience compared to standalone IDEs or basic text editors.
Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, Notepad++, Geany, Eclipse, GNU nano, Neovim, Kate, VSCodium, GNU Emacs, Programming Without Coding Technology, ZeroBrane Studio are some alternatives to Hacker Pad.