collaborative workspace / note-taking / project management
AppFlowy is an open-source AI collaborative workspace that brings projects, wikis, and teams together with a Notion-like interface, built in Flutter/Rust and self-hostable.
Same problem, same approach. Swapping one for another is a config change, not a rewrite.
When you want a mature self-hosted knowledge base with rich plugins/PDF annotation over team project features.
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
When you need offline-first multi-tenant teams with OIDC/SSO and MIT license, despite smaller ecosystem.
📚 The open-source, offline-first Notion, Obsidian & Confluence alternative. Advanced Markdown, multi-tenant teams, OIDC/SSO, and local S3 backups. Deploy in one command.
When you want a whiteboard integrated with docs in a privacy-first workspace.
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.
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
When you prefer local Markdown and graph outliner for portable personal knowledge instead of a block database.
A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration. Download link: http://github.com/logseq/logseq/releases. roadmap: https://logseq.io/p/NX4mc_ggEV
When you want Apache-2.0, local-first docs with chat, accepting a less mature codebase.
Open-source and local-first Slack and Notion alternative that puts you in control of your data
When you want a unified workspace with email, chat, CRM and tasks, accepting a heavier Rust stack.
Macro is a unified workspace for teams: email, chat, docs, tasks, agents, calls, and CRM — @-linked together with shared AI memory.
An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.
When you need only collaborative wikis/docs and want a lighter deploy without project management or AI.
Docmost is an open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. It is an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion.
When you want an AI note capture tool, not a full team workspace.
Capture first. Organize later. A local-first Markdown app that turns scattered records into clear notes with AI.
When you need only encrypted note-taking with mature cross-platform apps.
Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
When you want hierarchical personal knowledge with scripting, not team collaboration.
Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes
When you want modern E2E-encrypted note-taking without wiki or projects.
A fully open source & end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote.
When you want a minimal self-hosted knowledge base without collaboration.
Your Self-Hosted Knowledge Base
When you want a serverless Evernote alternative on Cloudflare with MCP support.
Serverless, 100% free, and open-source Evernote alternative on Cloudflare with native MCP | 无需服务器、0费用、原生支持 AI Agent 的开源自托管『印象笔记』
When you use VSCode and want a git-backed Markdown PKM inside that editor.
A personal knowledge management and sharing system for VSCode
When you want automatic AI interlinking of documents on a desktop app.
LLM Wiki is a cross-platform desktop application that turns your documents into an organized, interlinked knowledge base — automatically. Instead of traditional RAG (retrieve-and-answer from scratch every time), the LLM incrementally builds and maintains a persistent wiki from your sources。
When you want a plain-text notes/todo manager with Nextcloud sync.
QOwnNotes is a plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with Markdown support and Nextcloud / ownCloud integration.
When you want mobile-first note taking synced through Git.
Mobile first Note Taking integrated with Git
When you want a TiddlyWiki-based desktop app with auto git backup and REST API.
TidGi is an privacy-in-mind, automated, auto-git-backup, freely-deployed knowledge management Desktop note app, based on Tiddlywiki, with REST API for web-clipping and Anki connect. 「 太记 」是一个基于「 太微 TiddlyWiki 」的知识管理桌面应用，能保护隐私内容、高级自动化、自动Git云备份、部署为博客，且可通过RESTAPI与Anki等应用连接。（迭代开发中欢迎试用，开发进度见下方链接）(Under active development, see website below for details)
When you want a Rust-based self-hosted semantic knowledge base, accepting early-stage status.
Self-hosted, semantically-connected personal knowledge base
When you want a Django/React collaborative text editor instead of a full workspace.
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.
When you need a self-hosted kanban board and already use Mattermost.
Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.
When you need a simple project management tool without wiki/docs.
Kanba is an open-source project management tool for modern teams.
These projects were analysed and named AppFlowy among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how AppFlowy rates them is a separate judgement, made when AppFlowy is analysed in its own right.
calls AppFlowy “Choose when you want a mature Notion-like workspace with databases/tasks on Flutter, no canvas.”
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.
calls AppFlowy “Choose when you want an open-source blocks-based workspace with projects/wikis and AI, instead of Joplin's note-only folders.”
Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
calls AppFlowy “Choose when you want a Notion-like workspace with project/task tracking instead of graph-based notes.”
A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration. Download link: http://github.com/logseq/logseq/releases. roadmap: https://logseq.io/p/NX4mc_ggEV
calls AppFlowy “choose when you want a Notion-like AI collaborative workspace with projects, wikis, and team databases.”
Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes
calls AppFlowy “Choose it if you want a local-first Notion-like workspace with project planning and desktop clients, rather than a server-deployed wiki.”
Docmost is an open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. It is an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion.
calls AppFlowy “Choose AppFlowy if you need a collaborative workspace with databases and wikis, not just a simple note-taking app.”
A fully open source & end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote.
calls AppFlowy “If you need an all-in-one workspace with databases and project features; more than just Markdown.”
Capture first. Organize later. A local-first Markdown app that turns scattered records into clear notes with AI.
calls AppFlowy “Choose when you need a team workspace with docs/databases rather than a solo Markdown knowledge tree.”
The personal knowledge management (PKM) tool that grows as you do!
calls AppFlowy “choose when you need Notion-like databases and project workspaces while keeping self-hosting.”
Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files. For issues, visit https://standardnotes.com/forum or https://standardnotes.com/help.
calls AppFlowy “Choose if you need a full Notion-like collaborative workspace on desktop instead of a lightweight microblog note app.”
Open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool built for quick capture. Markdown-native, lightweight, and fully yours.
calls AppFlowy “Choose when you need a collaborative, block-based Notion-like workspace instead of a VSCode Markdown workflow.”
A personal knowledge management and sharing system for VSCode