Can I Use Multi-User Editing in UE5 Without Perforce for Simple Collaboration?

My ver is 5.4

I want to work with a friend on a UE5 game project and collaborate in real time using the Multi-User Editing plugin. Since this is not a serious or large-scale project, I don’t think we need to use a version control system like Perforce.

  • Is it possible to collaborate only with the Multi-User Editing plugin, without Perforce?

  • Do I still need to send or share the project files with my friend before we can start working together?