Live Presence Indicators (See Who’s in the Page/Section)

Feature Request: Live Presence Indicators (See Who’s in the Page/Section)

Summary:
Our team is frequently running into file conflict issues when multiple people are editing the same page in Replo. We’d love a live collaboration feature that shows who is currently active in a file (and ideally, which section they’re in).

Problem Context

We often have multiple team members working on different parts of the same page—especially during campaign launches. Currently, Replo only alerts us after someone has started editing that a conflict exists. This usually happens too late, resulting in:

• Lost work when someone tries to publish or save changes

• Overwritten edits from teammates working in parallel

• Extra coordination overhead as we ping people in Slack to ask, “Who’s in the file right now?”

This manual process slows us down, adds friction, and introduces unnecessary risk during time-sensitive updates.

Feature Proposal

Introduce real-time presence and edit indicators similar to what’s standard in tools like Figma, Notion, or Google Docs:

1. Active User Presence: Show avatars or initials of who’s currently viewing or editing the file (and ideally, which section or component they’re in).

2. Edit Lock or Soft Lock: Optional setting to prevent simultaneous edits in the same area, reducing merge conflicts.

3. Notifications: Gentle warning if someone else begins editing while another user is still active in the file.

4. Activity Log (optional): Simple list of recent edits or saves for accountability and version tracking.

Expected Impact

• Prevent lost work and overlapping edits

• Increase transparency and trust across teams

• Reduce coordination overhead in Slack or other channels

• Make collaborative page building smoother and faster

Closing Thoughts

Replo has become an essential tool for our ecommerce workflow, but as our team and output scale, the lack of visibility into who’s working in a file has become a real blocker. Adding live presence and edit visibility would make collaboration far more efficient and reliable for growing teams.