Self-hosted alternatives to Notion

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SiYuan

A privacy-first personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang.

Wikis & Knowledge BasesDocker

47k

AI-nativeStands out for the most commits in the last 12 months (10,181). SiYuan has 46,938 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 10,181 commits in the last year.

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docmost Community Edition

Collaborative wiki and documentation software (alternative to Confluence, Notion).

Wikis & Knowledge BasesDocker

22k

docmost Community Edition has 22,100 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 469 commits in the last year.

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Colanode

Collaboration suite with real-time messaging, rich text pages, file management, and dynamic databases - built for offline work (alternative to Slack, Notion).

Groupware & CalendarsDocker

5.2k

Stands out for a permissive Apache-2.0 license. Colanode has 5,173 GitHub stars, uses the Apache-2.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 55 commits in the last year.

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AppFlowy

Build detailed lists of to-do’s for different projects while tracking the status of each one. Open Source Notion Alternative.

Task ManagementDocker

78k

Stands out for the most GitHub stars. AppFlowy has 77,777 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 8 commits in the last year.

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AFFiNE

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

Source-availableNote-taking & EditorsDocker

74k

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.