Docs
Docs is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Note-taking & Editors category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Python. It is a self-hosted alternative to Google Docs and Dropbox Paper. It has 16,946 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 16,946
- Forks
- 676
- Open issues
- 256
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,162
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v6.0.3Oct 23, 2026
- Created
- Jan 9, 2024
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 1,162 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors11 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,162 |
| Latest release | v6.0.3 (Oct 23, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 70 |
| Open issues | 256 |
| Open pull requests | 65 |
| Good first issues | 10 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jan 9, 2024 |
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About Docs
Collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/suitenumerique/docs.
Topics
- knowledge
- wiki
- blocknotejs
- collaborative
- yjs
- django
- reactjs
- g2g
- government
- documentation
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Is Docs free and open source?
Yes. Docs is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Docs with Docker?
Docs does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (K8S), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Docs?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Docs include Excalidraw, AFFiNE and Memos. Docs itself is a self-hosted alternative to Google Docs and Dropbox Paper.
Is Docs actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Docs was on Oct 25, 2026 with 1,162 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v6.0.3, published Oct 23, 2026. It had 256 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.