[jkarneges]

I made a document editing demo here: https://github.com/fanout/editor

It uses operational transformations ("OT") to manage conflicts, and it saves the data in MySQL. Technically any Django DB backend will work for storage, but the public demo instance uses MySQL.

One of the reasons I made this thing was to show that realtime apps don't need to require heavy frameworks or unusual databases. And it loads super fast.

I don't think you need Raft if you have a central database storing the document. You could also consider using CRDTs instead of OT, which may be more powerful but also more challenging to develop.