Low-Threshold online collaboration

Setting

Group of people with different backgrounds

Simple use case for online collaboration (e.g. shared grocery list, group to-do list, …)

Need tool, preferably low-threshold:
  • Simple to use
  • No registration required
  • Free (for basic features)

What options are available?

Pad (text editor)

Example: Etherpad

Good fit for editing free text

But: Too little structure for many use cases (e.g. cumbersome to order items)

Etherpad screenshot

Spreadsheet

Example: Google Sheets

Good fit for tabular data and calculations

But: Just too much for many use cases

Google Sheets screenshot

How about a shared list?

Fits diverse use cases:

  • Collection
  • To-Do list (check)
  • Poll (vote)
  • Shopping list
  • Playlist (play)
  • …

Fills the gap between pads and spreadsheets

Listling

Collaborative lists

powered by Open Listling (open source)

Demo

Fin

Try it: listling.org

Contribute: noyainrain/listling

Get in touch: #listling on freenode · noyainrain

Thank you!