Real-time collaboration

Real-time collaboration

A shared session lets several people edit the same folder at once, in either editor. Sessions are end to end encrypted, and there is no account.

Where to find it
Menu
File › Shared session Share a folder of your own and get a code.
Start screen
Join session Join someone else's with the code.
Link
join.texpile.com The share dialog gives a link. It opens in Texpile, or in the browser with nothing to install.
Two people editing the same document, with each other's cursors visible
Two people editing the same document, with each other's cursors visible

The host compiles with their own toolchain, and guests see the PDF and the compile problems update live. Actions that belong to the host's machine, such as starting a compile, are left out of a guest's menus.

Everything else in Texpile works offline. This is the one feature that uses the network.