Self-hosted alternatives to Dropbox Paper

1

Etherpad

Highly customizable online editor providing collaborative editing in real-time.

Office SuitesDocker

19k

Stands out for a permissive Apache-2.0 license. Etherpad has 18,596 GitHub stars, uses the Apache-2.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 1,036 commits in the last year.

2

Docs

Collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales.

Note-taking & Editors

17k

Stands out for the most commits in the last 12 months (1,162). Docs has 16,946 GitHub stars, uses the MIT license and had 1,162 commits in the last year.

3

CryptPad

Collaboration suite built to enable collaboration, synchronizing changes to documents in real time.

Office SuitesDocker

8.0k

Stands out for its JavaScript codebase. CryptPad has 8,028 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 1,005 commits in the last year.

4

HedgeDoc

Realtime collaborative markdown notes on all platforms, formerly known as CodiMD and HackMD CE.

Note-taking & EditorsDocker

7.5k

Stands out for a published Docker image. HedgeDoc has 7,492 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 593 commits in the last year.

5

AFFiNE

Privacy-first workspace that combines docs, whiteboards and databases, an open-source Notion alternative.

Source-availableNote-taking & EditorsDocker

74k

Stands out for the most GitHub stars. AFFiNE has 73,850 GitHub stars, is source-available under the MIT (client) and AFFiNE Enterprise Edition license (server) (not an open-source license), ships a Docker image and had 753 commits in the last year.

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Outline

Extensible wiki for your team.

Source-availableWikis & Knowledge BasesDocker

41k

Outline has 41,061 GitHub stars, is source-available under the BSL 1.1 (not an open-source license), ships a Docker image and had 2,377 commits in the last year.