Docs is a collaborative document and wiki editor built jointly by the French government's DINUM and Germany's ZenDiS digital agencies as a sovereign alternative to Google Docs and Notion. It offers real-time co-editing, a clean block-based writing interface, offline support, and granular sharing, built on Django and React. Designed for public servants, it is fully self-hostable so organizations keep their data on their own infrastructure. It is not end-to-end encrypted and privacy rests on controlling where it runs. The code is open source under the permissive MIT license and developed openly on GitHub.
Docs (La Suite numérique)
Sovereign collaborative document editor
docs.numerique.gouv.frFreeOpen SourceWebFrance / Germany
PricingFree and open source under the MIT license; self-host it yourself or use a government-run instance at no charge.
Strengths
- Backed by the French and German governments as a Google Docs alternative
- Real-time collaboration, offline editing, and clean block-based writing
- Permissive MIT license and fully self-hostable
Considerations
- Not end-to-end encrypted
- Self-hosting needs technical setup; hosted instances target public agencies
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