HedgeDoc

HedgeDoc is a leading open-source collaborative markdown editor that transforms how teams create and maintain documentation. As the community-driven fork of CodiMD, HedgeDoc has evolved into a powerful platform for real-time collaborative writing, combining the simplicity of markdown with the instant feedback of live editing. Trusted by development teams, open-source projects, educational institutions, and enterprises worldwide, HedgeDoc provides a self-hosted alternative to commercial documentation platforms while maintaining full data sovereignty and zero per-user costs.

Common Use Cases

Development teams use HedgeDoc for technical documentation, API specifications, architecture decision records, and collaborative code reviews, with syntax highlighting for dozens of programming languages and support for diagrams through Mermaid, Graphviz, and PlantUML. Product and project teams rely on HedgeDoc for meeting notes, brainstorming sessions, sprint planning documents, and project roadmaps, with real-time collaboration ensuring everyone stays synchronized during discussions. Educational institutions deploy HedgeDoc for lecture notes, collaborative assignments, research documentation, and student project wikis, with math formula support via KaTeX and LaTeX making it ideal for STEM subjects. Open-source projects and community teams use HedgeDoc for contributor guides, release notes, community wikis, and transparent decision-making documents that can be easily shared and edited by distributed teams.

Key Features

• Real-time collaborative editing with live cursor tracking and instant synchronization
• Comprehensive markdown support with extensions for tables, task lists, footnotes, and definition lists
• Syntax highlighting for over 100 programming languages
• Embedded diagrams via Mermaid, Graphviz, PlantUML, and Vega charts
• Mathematical notation support using KaTeX and LaTeX
• Presentation mode for creating slide decks from markdown documents
• Document versioning and revision history
• Flexible permission controls for public, protected, and private documents
• Multiple authentication methods including LDAP, OAuth, SAML, and local accounts
• Export to PDF, HTML, and raw markdown formats
• File upload support with configurable storage backends
• Book mode for organizing related documents
• Embeds for YouTube, Vimeo, SlideShare, and other services
• API access for integrations and automation

Why deploy HedgeDoc on Hostinger VPS

Deploying HedgeDoc on Hostinger VPS provides complete control over your team's documentation infrastructure without subscription fees or per-user licensing costs. The VPS environment offers dedicated resources that ensure consistent performance for real-time collaboration, even with multiple users editing documents simultaneously, while PostgreSQL provides reliable document storage with straightforward backup and disaster recovery capabilities. Traefik handles HTTPS automatically, so HedgeDoc is securely accessible over SSL without any manual certificate configuration. The self-hosted deployment ensures sensitive documentation, internal knowledge bases, and proprietary information remain within your infrastructure rather than on third-party platforms, meeting compliance requirements for data residency and privacy. As your team grows, you can easily scale VPS resources to accommodate more users and documents without renegotiating contracts or facing unexpected pricing increases, making Hostinger VPS an ideal foundation for building a permanent, cost-effective documentation hub that serves your team for years.