fankserver / atom-firepad

Collaborative code editing with Atom + Firepad

atom-firepad

This package for Atom adds collaborative editing support via Firepad. Firepad is an OT library that implements collaborative text editing using Firebase.

To get started with this package, first install it. Then, open a file to start collaborating via the firepad:share command (you can trigger this command via Cmd+Shift+P):

Next, you'll be asked to enter a string identifying this session. The input is pre-filled with a random 8 character string that you can change. All users who enter the same string while sharing a document will see the same contents:

Finally, you can use the firepad:unshare command to stop collaborating.