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Workspace 5.9/10 Jun 17, 2026

Real-time collaborative Markdown workspace for notes, docs, and publishing, built on the open-source CodiMD engine.

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HackMD scores 5.9/10 for free value in Workspace. The main constraint: Free forever: unlimited notes with real-time collaboration for up to 3 teammates, publishing, GitHub sync (20 pushes/month), 2,000 API calls/month, and the most recent 10 versions of history per note.

Category Workspace Kind Collaborative Markdown editor Caveats Version history is capped at the recent 10 versions, trash is purged after 3 days, images are limited to 1MB each, full-text search and PDF export require a paid plan, and collaboration is limited to 3 teammates per workspace. Card required No Eligibility anyone

Free value score

5.9 / 10
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Overall 5.9/10
value = 5.9/100
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Collab 6.1/10
value = 36 $/mo
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Content 4.8/10
value = 4.8/100
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Auto 7.1/10
value = 7.1/100
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Key metrics

3 members Seats stated; rating_value=2
2,000 calls per month Content stated; rating_value=4
API plus integrations/workflows Auto derived_from_frontmatter; rating_value=4

What you get

Unlimited notes with real-time multi-cursor Markdown editing

Publish notes with custom permalinks plus inline comments and suggest-edit

GitHub integration (20 pushes/month) and 2,000 API calls/month

Open-source roots (CodiMD) — self-hostable if you outgrow the free tier

Gotchas

  • 3 teammates per workspace

    Free plan allows a workspace of up to 3 members and 3 invitees; larger teams require a paid Prime or Enterprise plan.

  • Recent 10 versions only

    Version history is limited to the most recent 10 versions per note; unlimited versions require Prime.

  • Trash purged after 3 days

    Deleted notes remain in the trash can for only 3 days (vs 30 days on paid plans) before permanent deletion.

  • 1MB max per image

    Uploaded images are capped at 1MB each on the free plan; Prime raises this to 20MB per image.

  • 20 GitHub pushes/month

    Free plan limits pushing notes to GitHub to 20 times per month.

  • 2,000 API calls/month

    API usage is capped at 2,000 calls per month on the free plan (Prime allows 20,000).

  • No full-text search

    Full-text search across notes is a Prime-only feature; the free plan lacks it.

  • No PDF export

    Rendered PDF export is unavailable on the free plan and requires Prime.

  • 3 custom templates max

    Free plan allows only 3 custom note templates; Prime offers unlimited.

Sources

markdown notes real-time-collaboration documentation open-source publishing github-sync
Open service Source ← All Workspace

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