Gobby

Spec sheet

Purpose

Gobby is a collaborative text editor that lets multiple users edit the same document over the internet in real time.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Platforms

Binary distributions or installation instructions are provided for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security

The project describes encrypted data transfer with perfect forward secrecy, password-protected sessions, and access control lists.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support

The project directs users to report bugs and feature requests through its GitHub issue tracker.Read 2 Oct 2026 · gobby.github.io

Access control

Gobby provides access-control lists for documents, directories, and server-wide permissions.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Chat

Gobby includes integrated group chat and supports chat documents through the note-chat server plugin.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Collaboration

Gobby shows remote participants’ cursors and selections, highlights text by user, and supports group undo that does not undo remote users’ changes.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Collaboration features

Gobby supports lock-free editing, group undo, remote cursors and selections, and user-specific text colors.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Dedicated hosting

The libinfinity package includes the infinoted dedicated Gobby server, which stores documents persistently and supports configurable plugins.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Editing

The editor supports syntax highlighting through GtkSourceView and full Unicode.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Licensing

Gobby is licensed under GPLv2+ and ISC.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

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.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

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.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Mac limitation

The project says it cannot offer a pre-built Mac OS X package and recommends installing Gobby and required packages with brew.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

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.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Real-time editing

Multiple users can edit the same document together over the internet in real time.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Release information

The download page identifies Gobby 0.5.0 as the most current version listed there.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Server

Gobby includes a built-in server, and more technical users can run a dedicated server.Read 2 Oct 2026 · gobby.github.io

Server API

The document-stream plugin provides a simple API to text and chat documents through Unix domain sockets.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Server security

The infinoted server supports TLS, including a require-tls policy, and automatically uses perfect forward secrecy when TLS is enabled.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Sessions

A session can contain multiple documents and includes multi-user group chat.Read 2 Oct 2026 · gobby.github.io

Text editing

The editor provides full-fledged text editing capabilities, including syntax highlighting using GtkSourceView.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Unicode

Gobby supports full Unicode.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Windows download

The Windows installer includes the Gobby text editor and the Infinoted dedicated server.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

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