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Hosted workspace for documents, wikis and databases. A closed product from Notion Labs.
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AppFlowy | Full replacement | 77k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | Dart | 0.14.7 | 2026-10-06 |
| AFFiNE | Full replacement | 73k | Other | Open core | Yes | TypeScript | v0.27.4 | 2026-10-04 |
| Anytype | Full replacement | 8.9k | Other | Source available | No | TypeScript | v0.57.4 | 2026-10-03 |
| SiYuan | Partial | 47k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | No | TypeScript | v3.8.6 | 2026-10-06 |
| Outline | Partial | 41k | Other | Source available | Yes | TypeScript | v1.10.1 | 2026-10-06 |
| Focalboard | Partial | 26k | Other | Open source | Yes | TypeScript | v8.0.0 | 2026-05-18 |
| Docmost | Partial | 22k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | TypeScript | v0.96.0 | 2026-10-05 |
| BookStack | Partial | 19k | MIT | Open source | Yes | PHP | v26.09.1 | 2026-10-06 |
| La Suite Docs | Partial | 17k | MIT | Open source | Yes | Python | v5.7.0 | 2026-10-06 |
| TiddlyWiki | Partial | 8.7k | Other | Open source | Yes | JavaScript | v5.4.1 | 2026-10-05 |
| SilverBullet | Partial | 6.2k | MIT | Open source | Yes | TypeScript | 2.12.0 | 2026-10-06 |
| XWiki | Partial | 1.3k | LGPL-2.1 | Open source | Yes | Java | xwiki-platform-16.10.19 | 2026-10-06 |
| Nextcloud Collectives | Partial | 198 | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | JavaScript | v4.7.1 | 2026-10-06 |
13 alternatives
Bring projects, wikis, and teams together with AI. AppFlowy is the AI collaborative workspace where you achieve more without losing control of your data. The leading open source Notion alternative.
Documents, databases, kanban boards and calendars, local-first or self-hosted.
There can be more than Notion and Miro. AFFiNE(pronounced [ə‘fain]) is a next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together. Privacy first, open-source, customizable and ready to use.
Documents, databases and a whiteboard in one workspace, local-first or synced.
Official Anytype client for MacOS, Linux, and Windows
Pages, databases and custom types in a local-first app, with end-to-end encrypted sync and a Notion importer.
An open-source, privacy-first, self-hosted knowledge workspace where humans and AI agents work together 开源、隐私优先、自托管的知识工作空间，让人与智能体在此协作
Blocks and database views, local-first.
The fastest knowledge base for growing teams. Beautiful, realtime collaborative, feature packed, and markdown compatible.
Team wiki with real-time Markdown editing, without databases.
Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.
Board databases with views, without wiki pages.
Docmost is an open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. It is an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion.
Collaborative pages, without databases.
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Documentation pages only.
Docs is an open-source text editor: web-native, made for real-time collaboration, cleanly structured documents and sub-documents with full ownership of your data. Built to scale with Django and React.
Real-time collaborative block editor with nested pages and sharing, without databases.
A self-contained JavaScript wiki for the browser, Node.js, AWS Lambda etc.
A personal non-linear wiki that runs as a single HTML file or a Node.js server; little built for team collaboration.
The malleable knowledge base for you and your team. Powered by Markdown and Lua.
Markdown pages with queries and templates, scripted in Lua, without databases or a block editor.
The XWiki platform
Wiki pages and structured data in app pages, without the block editor.
Your space to collaboratively write and organize. Collectives is designed for groups and communities to structure shared knowledge and cultivate trust.
Nested pages edited together, without databases.