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Everything about Docs (software)
French–German government-made word processing software
Docs is a free and open-source collaborative word processor jointly developed by French and German governmental technology departments first announced in March 2025. The open-source platform enables document collaboration either through cloud-based systems or offline environments. The platform was created as a European alternative to prevailing American collaborative editing software such as Google Docs, with particular emphasis on security features and streamlined functionality for European institutional and business users. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Docs (software)A 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Analysis of the Use of Cloud-Based Collaborative Tools (Notion and Google Docs) for Software Planning Optimization: A Literature ReviewInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Google Drive & Docs in 30 MinutesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Go sideways: Collabora OnlineA closely related topic
- Go sideways: EtherpadA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
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🆕 Influential since 2022
đź“š Books worth reading
Google Drive & Docs in 30 MinutesIan Lamont · 2013
The Man in the Cat-Hair SuitWilliam R. Greene · 2011- 📕Google Docs 4 everyoneSteven Holzner · 2009
Google Docs 4 everyoneSteven Holzner · 2009
Google Apps ScriptJames Ferreira · 2014- 📕Google yun duan ban gong shiYu'en Zhang · 2015
Going GASBruce Mcpherson · 2016
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