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# Making collaborative editing the standard on the web
# About
Etherpad is a really-real time collaborative editor spawned from the Hell fire of Etherpad.
We're reusing the well tested Etherpad easysync library to make it really realtime. Etherpad
is based on node.js ergo is much lighter and more stable than the original Etherpad. Our hope
is that this will encourage more users to use and install a realtime collaborative editor. A smaller, manageable and well
documented codebase makes it easier for developers to improve the code and contribute towards the project.
**Etherpad(old version) vs Etherpad**
<table>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td><td><b>Etherpad</b></td><td><b>Etherpad</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Size of the folder (without git history)</td><td>30 MB</td><td>1.5 MB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Languages used server side</td><td>Javascript (Rhino), Java, Scala</td><td>Javascript (node.js)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Lines of server side Javascript code</td><td>~101k</td><td>~9k</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">RAM Usage immediately after start</td><td>257 MB (grows to ~1GB)</td><td>16 MB (grows to ~30MB)</td>
</tr>
</table>
Etherpad is a really-real time web-based collaborative editor.
Etherpad is designed to be easily embeddable and provides a [HTTP API](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/HTTP-API)
that allows your web application to manage pads, users and groups. It is recommended to use the [available client implementations](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/HTTP-API-client-libraries) in order to interact with this API. There is also a [jQuery plugin](https://github.com/johnmclear/etherpad-lite-jquery-plugin) that helps you to embed Pads into your website.