MyPads is an <a href="http://etherpad.org/">Etherpad</a> plugin which have been founded in 2014 on Ulule by <a href="http://ulule.com/etherpad-framapad/supporters/">413 backers</a> and organized by the non-profit organization <a href="http://framasoft.org">Framasoft</a>. It handles:<ul><li>users and their authentication; </li><li>folders of pads per user, unlimited, sharable;</li><li>attached pads, with choice between invite known users to use them, making them private with password or letting them public.</li></ul>
<h3>Visibility</h3><p>You have the choice between three levels of visibility. It will impact all linked pads:<ul><li><em>restricted</em>, default choice: access of the pads are limited to a list of invited users you have chosen;</li><li><em>private</em>: in this mode, you have to enter a password and access to the pads will be checked against this password;</li><li><em>public</em>: in this mode, all pads are public, users just need to have the URL address.</li></ul></p><h3>Readonly</h3><p>If you check <em>readonly</em>, all attached pads will stay in their state, and can not be edited. Note that visibility still works in readonly mode.</p>