etherpad-lite/README.md

# About
Etherpad lite 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 Lite 
is based on node.js what makes it much leigther and more stable than the original Etherpad. Our hope 
is that this will encourage more users to install a realtime collaborative editor. A smaller and well 
documented codebase makes it easier for developers to improve the code

# Online demo
Visit <http://pitapoison.de:9001> to test it live

# Why use Etherpad Lite?
* Tiny server hardware footprint
* Pure Javascript client and server side
* Simplfied interface 
* Easy to embed
* Well documented

# Installation
1. download latest node.js version from <http://nodejs.org/> and build it with this instructions <https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installation>. <br>THE NODE.JS VERSION OF YOUR LINUX REPOSITORY MAY BE TOO OLD. PLEASE COMPILE FROM THE SOURCE TO GET SURE YOU HAVE THE LATEST VERSION.
2. install npm `curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh`
3. ensure you have installed the sqlite develob libraries && gzip `apt-get install libsqlite3-dev gzip`
4. install etherpad-lite `npm install -g ep-lite`
5. start with `ep-lite`
6. Open your web browser and visit <http://localhost:9001>

# Contribute
Look at the TODO list at <https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite/wiki/TODO>.
You can join the mailinglist <http://groups.google.com/group/etherpad-lite-dev> or go to the freenode irc channel #etherpad-lite-dev

# Debug
1. cd bin/runDebug.sh
2. Open Safari or Chrome and visit http://IPSERVER:8080

# License
Apache License v2 <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html>