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).
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Still maintained? Yes: 117 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.27.4 (Aug 2026).
Also an alternative to Notion, Miro and Figma.
At a glance
AFFiNE Community Edition quick facts
- Health score
- 99/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 73,981
- Last commit
- 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.27.4, Aug 2026
Top alternatives to AFFiNE Community Edition
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "A privacy-focused, local-first, open-source, and ready-to-use alternative for Notion & Miro."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
AFFiNE Community Edition scores 99/100, #1 of 11 in Knowledge Management Tools: 117 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.27.4, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 73,981 stars add 19.5 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). It scores full marks on every term.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
117 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.27.4 released 2 months ago
- Stars 19.5 / 20
74k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 117
- Last 90 days
- 748
- Last 12 months
- 3 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #1 of 11 tools in Knowledge Management Tools by health , just above SiYuan (#2) .
Details
| Licence | MIT, AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v0.27.4 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 73,981 |
| Open issues | 674 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | toeverything/AFFiNE ↗ |
AFFiNE Community Edition vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with AFFiNE Community Edition (Knowledge Management Tools), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFFiNE Community Edition (this tool) | 99 | 74k | MIT | 3 days ago |
| Memos | 99 | 64k | MIT | yesterday |
| SiYuan | 99 | 47k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| TeamMapper | 91 | 516 | MIT | today |
| Docs | 87 | 17k | MIT | today |
| Digimindmap | 72 | 3 | AGPL-3.0 | 15 days ago |
AFFiNE Community Edition: common questions
What does AFFiNE Community Edition replace?
Repoly lists AFFiNE Community Edition as an open-source alternative to Notion, Miro and Figma. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where AFFiNE Community Edition stands against the others.
Is AFFiNE Community Edition still maintained?
AFFiNE Community Edition had 117 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.27.4, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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