etherpad — Launchfile Catalog

Run locally

Tested and verified to launch successfully.

Terminal

$ npx launchfile up etherpad

Requires Docker Desktop. No source code needed — pulls pre-built images and starts etherpad with all dependencies.

Terminal

# Clone the source and run natively
$ git clone https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite
$ cd etherpad
$ npx launchfile up --native

For local development. Requires macOS + Homebrew. Clones the source, installs runtimes and databases via Homebrew, and runs the app natively — no containers.

Image: etherpad/etherpad:latest

Launchfile View on GitHub

# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://launchfile.dev/schema/v1
version: launch/v1
name: etherpad
description: "Real-time collaborative document editor"
repository: https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite
logo: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ether/etherpad-lite/develop/src/static/skins/colibris/images/etherpad_icon.svg

image: etherpad/etherpad:latest
provides:
  - protocol: http
    port: 9001
    exposed: true
restart: always

Test Results

Last Tested

2026-04-09

Health Check

Passing

Startup Time

11s

Total Disk

310 MB

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