Overview
Gumnut is a lightweight real-time collaboration platform that turns existing apps (notably HTML forms) into live, multi-user workspaces with co-editing, presence indicators, and an audit trail. It provides concurrent editing with live cursors, character-level attribution, and a global WebSocket session per document. Version history and an audit log preserve durable snapshots with commit and revert capabilities; edits can be hosted in an edit-session primitive until users commit, enabling forms to reach a complete state before finalization. AI agents can be dropped in with contextual understanding of forms and documents, and collaborative documents and diagrams are supported with rich text and interactive, Figma-like diagrams. No required database schema changes make integration easier across old and new codebases. It offers multi-stack support for React, Vue, Angular, and vanilla JS, with first-class React components. Developer docs include a Docs hub, a React components guide, token generation, a useGumnutDoc hook, actions such as load, commit, revertAll, and status/troubleshooting utilities, plus an agent API. Authentication uses signed JWTs; sessions transport over WebSockets; storage comprises in-session state plus long-term snapshots; hosting options include hosted by Gumnut, enterprise deployments, or self-hosted solutions. Pricing is hybrid: free tier plus subscription and usage-based elements; exact pricing is available by inquiry.
Key Features
Live co-editing
concurrent edits with live cursors, selection highlighting and presence indicators.
Character-level attribution
see who typed what.
Global session model
each document has a global real-time session (WebSocket).
Version history & audit trail
durable snapshots and full audit logging; ability to commit and revert changes.
Edit-session primitive
edits are hosted until users commit (supports “complete” step for forms).
AI agents
drop-in AI agents with contextual understanding of forms/documents (triggerable on a document).



Who Can Use This Tool?
- developers:builds collaborative apps with live co-editing and form-driven workflows
Pricing Plans
development key with limited resources
- ✓development key
- ✓limited resources (e.g., 5 connections, 20 documents)
starter/production-ready with up to 10 collaborators
- ✓up to ~10 collaborators
- ✓usage-based billing
custom pricing, unlimited collaborators, custom deployment, volume discounts, SLA options
- ✓unlimited collaborators
- ✓custom deployment
- ✓volume discounts
- ✓region options
- ✓dedicated support
- ✓SLA options
Pros & Cons
✓ Pros
- ✓Real-time co-editing with live cursors
- ✓Character-level attribution
- ✓AI agents with contextual understanding
- ✓No required database schema changes
- ✓Multi-stack frontend support (React, Vue, Angular, vanilla JS)
✗ Cons
- ✗Pricing specifics and exact usage units are not fully enumerated on the site
- ✗Enterprise hosting details and data residency require confirmation
- ✗SLA and security whitepapers should be requested for compliance needs
- ✗Self-host deployment complexity may be non-trivial