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AFFiNE Community Edition
Next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together. Privacy first, customizable and ready to use (alternative to Notion and Miro).
Docker
Knowledge Management Tools
Open source alternatives to Notion
We track 11 open-source Notion alternatives, of which 10 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 9 ship a Docker image. AFFiNE Community Edition leads on health at 99/100 with 117 commits in the last 90 days; across all 11 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0, BUSL-1.1 and 2 other licences.
updated Oct 2026 11 alternatives best health 99 ★ 385k combined 7,412 commits / 90d 9 with Docker
Top picks to replace Notion
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Healthiest
Health 99/100: 117 commits in 90 days, latest release v0.27.4, Docker image available.
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Most active
4,820 commits in the last 90 days, more than any other option here.
Showing 11 of 11 tools
All 11 Notion alternatives, ranked by health
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Memos
Knowledge base that works with a SQLite db file.
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SiYuan
A privacy-first personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang.
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Outline
Extensible wiki for your team.
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Wiki.js
Modern, lightweight and powerful wiki app using Git and Markdown.
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Huly
All-in-one project management platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion).
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docmost Community Edition
Collaborative wiki and documentation software (alternative to Confluence, Notion).
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BookStack
Organize and store information. Stores documentation in a book like fashion.
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Joplin
Note taking application with markdown editor and encryption support for mobile and desktop platforms. Runs client-side and syncs through a self hosted Nextcloud instance or similar (alternative to Evernote).
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Docs
Collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales.
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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).
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Notion alternatives compared
AFFiNE Community Edition and Memos tie at 99/100. Memos is the busier codebase, with 257 commits in 90 days to 117. AFFiNE Community Edition also has the largest following, at 74k stars.
The most recent release is SiYuan v3.8.9, published yesterday. None of the measured options scores under 40. By stack, Nodejs (5), Go (2) and PHP (1) are the most common. AFFiNE Community Edition, Memos, BookStack and 3 more are permissively licensed; SiYuan, Wiki.js, Huly and 1 more are copyleft. Outline is source-available rather than open source, which limits commercial reuse.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit | Docker |
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| AFFiNE Community Edition Steady at 99 since 11 Sep | 99 | 74k | MIT | 3 days ago | Yes |
| Memos Steady at 99 since 11 Sep | 99 | 64k | MIT | yesterday | Yes |
| SiYuan Steady at 99 since 11 Sep | 99 | 47k | AGPL-3.0 | today | Yes |
| Outline Steady at 98 since 11 Sep | 98 | 41k | BUSL-1.1 | today | Yes |
| Wiki.js Up 35 points since 11 Sep | 98 | 29k | AGPL-3.0 | today | Yes |
| Huly | 98 | 28k | EPL-2.0 | yesterday | Yes |
| docmost Community Edition | 97 | 22k | AGPL-3.0 | today | Yes |
| BookStack | 90 | 304 | MIT | 12 days ago | Yes |
| Joplin | 89 | 57k | MIT | yesterday | No |
| Docs | 87 | 17k | MIT | today | No |
| Colanode | 58 | 5.2k | Apache-2.0 | 7 months ago | Yes |
Notion alternatives: common questions
What is the most maintained open source alternative to Notion?
AFFiNE Community Edition scores highest at 99/100, with 117 commits in the last 90 days, 74k stars on GitHub and its latest release (v0.27.4) published 2 months ago. SiYuan has the most raw commit activity at 4820 commits in 90 days.
Which Notion alternatives use a permissive licence?
6 of 11 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): AFFiNE Community Edition (MIT), Memos (MIT), BookStack (MIT), Joplin (MIT), Docs (MIT), Colanode (Apache-2.0). 4 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.
Which Notion alternatives run in Docker?
9 of 11 publish a Docker image or Compose file: AFFiNE Community Edition, Memos, SiYuan, Outline, Wiki.js, Huly and 3 more. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.
Is AFFiNE Community Edition or Memos the better Notion alternative?
On measured health AFFiNE Community Edition leads, 99 to 99. AFFiNE Community Edition has 117 commits in 90 days, 74k stars and v0.27.4 from 2 months ago; Memos has 257 commits in 90 days, 64k stars and v0.31.0 from 1 month ago. AFFiNE Community Edition is ahead or level on every term Repoly measures.
Are the Notion alternatives still maintained?
10 of the 11 measured options score 70 or above. Colanode had no commits in the last 90 days. None scores under 40.
What languages are the Notion alternatives written in?
Nodejs: Outline, Wiki.js, Huly, docmost Community Edition and 1 more. Go: Memos and SiYuan. PHP: BookStack. The stack matters if you plan to extend or patch the tool yourself.
