Gobby is a consumer product built for developers and collaborative writers.

Is Gobby still active?

Unverified. Gobby has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What are alternatives to Gobby?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include ETKS Plus Dosya Gönderici, SpeakUp, and scrumlr.io.

Gobby is developed by Armin Burgmeier.

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Gobby

Name: Gobby
Author: Armin Burgmeier

FlathubAsync & threaded

Gobby is a free, cross-platform collaborative text editor that allows multiple users to edit documents in real time and chat within the same session. It is suitable for developers and writers who need to work together on text files.

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Overview

5 features

Gobby sits in PulseGate's Async & threaded category. It focuses on enabling real-time collaborative editing of text files across multiple users and platforms. Gobby is a consumer product aimed at developers and collaborative writers. It is available for free. Gobby is available on Linux.

Behind Gobby is Armin Burgmeier. Key capabilities include collaborative editing, multi-user chat, and multiple documents.

Collaborative editing
Multi-user chat
Multiple documents
Cross-platform
GTK+ integration

Built with & integrations

Runs on

Linux

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPSFree tier

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed28 Jun · 06:15 UTC
gobby verified via crawler:flathub
Source: crawler:flathub · Open

Frequently asked questions about Gobby

What does Gobby do?: Gobby focuses on enabling real-time collaborative editing of text files across multiple users and platforms. It is catalogued under Async & threaded on PulseGate.
Who is Gobby for?: Gobby is a consumer product built for developers and collaborative writers.
Does Gobby have a free plan?: Yes — Gobby is free to use.
What platforms does Gobby run on?: Gobby runs on Linux.
Is Gobby still active?: Unverified. Gobby has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What are alternatives to Gobby?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include ETKS Plus Dosya Gönderici, SpeakUp, and scrumlr.io.ETKS Plus Dosya Gönderici SpeakUp scrumlr.io
Who makes Gobby?: Gobby is developed by Armin Burgmeier.

At a glance

Platforms: Desktop
Languages: English
Built for: developers and collaborative writers
Model: B2C
Solves: Enabling real-time collaborative editing of text files across multiple users and platforms.

Registered as

Flathub: de._0x539.gobby

Developer

Armin Burgmeier

Index record

Indexed: 28 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 28 Jun 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: gobby-flathub-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 28 Jun 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Recorded source: taxonomy-pass-b.
Summary from: Taken from the project's own store listing.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Canonical URL: https://flathub.org/apps/de._0x539.gobby

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