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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Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push Apr 2026.
Also an alternative to Notion and Slack.
At a glance
Colanode quick facts
- Health score
- 58/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 5,181
- Last commit
- 7 months ago (Apr 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.4.7, Apr 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
Top alternatives to Colanode
Full rankings: Notion alternatives, Slack alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Colanode is an all-in-one platform for easy collaboration, built to prioritize your data privacy and control. Designed with a local-first approach, it helps teams communicate, organize, and manage projects—whether online or offline. With Colanode, you get the flexibility of modern collaboration tools, plus the peace of mind that comes from owning your data."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Colanode scores 58/100, #15 of 20 in Groupware: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.4.7, 7 months ago) earns 23.6 of 25, 5,181 stars add 14.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 23.6 / 25
v0.4.7 released 7 months ago
- Stars 14.9 / 20
5.2k 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
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 55
- Last 12 months
- 7 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #15 of 20 tools in Groupware by health , between Digiwall (#14) and Tracim (#16) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | K8S, Docker |
| Latest release | v0.4.7 · 7 months ago |
| Stars | 5,181 |
| Open issues | 41 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | colanode/colanode ↗ |
Colanode vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Colanode (Groupware), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFFiNE Community Edition | 99 | 74k | MIT | 3 days ago |
| Rocket.Chat | 99 | 46k | MIT | today |
| Huly | 98 | 28k | EPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Mattermost | 98 | 39k | ⊘ Proprietary | today |
| docmost Community Edition | 97 | 22k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Colanode (this tool) | 58 | 5.2k | Apache-2.0 | 7 months ago |
Colanode: common questions
What does Colanode replace?
Repoly lists Colanode as an open-source alternative to Notion and Slack. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Colanode stands against the others.
Is Colanode still maintained?
Colanode had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 7 months ago; the latest tagged release, v0.4.7, is from 7 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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