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Extensible wiki for your team.

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Still maintained? Yes: 827 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.12.0 (Oct 2026).

Also an alternative to Notion and Confluence.

Docker #1 of 24 in Wikis

At a glance

Outline quick facts

Health score
98/100 GOOD
Stars
41,116
Last commit
today (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v1.12.0, Oct 2026
Licence
BUSL-1.1
View outline/outline on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

Top alternatives to Outline

Full rankings: Notion alternatives, Confluence alternatives

In its own words

The project's README opens: "A fast, collaborative, knowledge base for your team built using React and Node.js. Try out Outline using our hosted version at www.getoutline.com ."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Outline scores 98/100, #1 of 24 in Wikis: 827 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.12.0, 7 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 41,116 stars add 18.5 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). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 1.5 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

Health over time

Health 98 on 11 Sep, 98 nowSteady at 98 since 11 Sep
  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    827 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v1.12.0 released 7 days ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 18.5 / 20

    41k 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

2393 commits over the last 12 months
827
Last 90 days
2,393
Last 12 months
today
Last push

Ranked #1 of 24 tools in Wikis by health , just above Wiki.js (#2) .

Details

LicenceBUSL-1.1
PlatformsNodejs, Docker
Latest releasev1.12.0 · 7 days ago
Stars41,116
Open issues37
DockerYes
Repositoryoutline/outline ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

Outline vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Outline (Wikis), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Outline (this tool) 98 41k BUSL-1.1 today
Wiki.js 98 29k AGPL-3.0 today
docmost Community Edition 97 22k AGPL-3.0 today
XWiki 92 1.3k LGPL-2.1 today
BookStack 90 304 MIT 12 days ago
Dokuwiki 85 4.7k GPL-2.0 1 month ago

Outline: common questions

What does Outline replace?

Repoly lists Outline as an open-source alternative to Notion and Confluence. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Outline stands against the others.

Is Outline still maintained?

Outline had 827 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v1.12.0, is from 7 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.