HedgeDoc on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Azure Applications

HedgeDoc, a self hosted real time collaborative markdown editor, ready to write and share the moment it boots.

Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Access
Unique credentials
generated on first boot, readable only by root
Verified
Boots working
services pass a health gate before release
Support
24/7, 365 days
by email and live chat, 24 hour response SLA

Overview

HedgeDoc is an open source, self hosted, real time collaborative markdown editor, the community fork of HackMD. Several people edit the same note at once in a split pane editor with a live rendered preview, presence cursors and collaboration that just works in the browser. Notes support diagrams, code blocks with syntax highlighting, math, a slide deck presentation mode and image uploads.

It suits teams and organisations that want a private place to write documentation, meeting notes and knowledge bases together, kept inside their own cloud account.

Why the cloudimg image

cloudimg delivers HedgeDoc fully installed and configured as a service behind an nginx reverse proxy, so real time collaboration works straight after launch. Anonymous access and open registration are disabled, and a unique admin account plus session secret are generated on first boot and written to a file only the root user can read, so no shared or default credentials ship in the image. The database and uploads sit on a dedicated volume you can snapshot and resize independently, and every deployment is paired with a step by step deploy guide and backed by 24/7 support.

Common uses

  • Self hosted collaborative documentation and knowledge bases
  • Real time shared meeting and project notes
  • A private, data sovereign alternative to hosted markdown editors

See it running

Real screenshots taken while testing this image against its deployment guide.

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