Self-hosted alternatives
Open source alternatives to Notion
Notion is a hosted workspace for notes, wikis, and light databases.
Original introduction
Notion puts notes, wikis and light databases in one hosted workspace, which is handy until a team wants that knowledge on a server it runs. The projects on this page split the job differently. Some lean toward a personal notebook, others toward a shared company wiki. Pick by how your team already writes. Check the licence on each card too, since one popular option here is source-available and does not count as open source.
Published by Notion Labs. The projects below are sorted by GitHub stars. Star counts and last commit dates are read from the public GitHub API. The line under each name is generated from the category, the licence, and whether the project can be self-hosted. Fetched . 5 of 6 have an OSI-approved SPDX licence, a commit in the last 12 months, and a repository GitHub has not archived.
1AppFlowy
AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy
Docs and wikis. Licence: AGPL-3.0. Self-hosted: yes.
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- GitHub stars
- 77,336
- Last commit
Counts as open source: OSI-approved licence, commit within 12 months, and the repository is not archived.
Repository on GitHubProject site
Also listed as an alternative to ClickUp.
2AFFiNE
toeverything/AFFiNE
Docs and wikis. Licence: MIT. Self-hosted: yes.
- Licence
- MITOpen core
- GitHub stars
- 73,520
- Last commit
Counts as open source: OSI-approved licence, commit within 12 months, and the repository is not archived.
Repository on GitHubProject site
Also listed as an alternative to Miro.
3Siyuan
siyuan-note/siyuan
Docs and wikis. Licence: AGPL-3.0. Self-hosted: yes.
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- GitHub stars
- 46,775
- Last commit
Counts as open source: OSI-approved licence, commit within 12 months, and the repository is not archived.
Repository on GitHubProject site
Also listed as an alternative to Evernote.
4Outline
outline/outline
Docs and wikis. Licence: Source-available (BUSL-1.1). Self-hosted: yes.
- Licence
- Source-available (BUSL-1.1)
- GitHub stars
- 40,902
- Last commit
Does not count toward the open source minimum: Source-available (BUSL-1.1).
Repository on GitHubProject site
Also listed as an alternative to Confluence.
5Wiki.js
requarks/wiki
Docs and wikis. Licence: AGPL-3.0. Self-hosted: yes.
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- GitHub stars
- 29,039
- Last commit
Counts as open source: OSI-approved licence, commit within 12 months, and the repository is not archived.
Repository on GitHubProject site
Also listed as an alternative to Confluence.
6Docmost
docmost/docmost
Docs and wikis. Licence: AGPL-3.0. Self-hosted: yes.
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- GitHub stars
- 21,982
- Last commit
Counts as open source: OSI-approved licence, commit within 12 months, and the repository is not archived.