#1
Open-source, privacy-focused collaborative workspace for notes, databases, kanban boards and AI-assisted writing; desktop, mobile and web clients with local-first storage.
76k stars5.9k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
11 self-hosted AFFiNE Cloud alternatives
Cloud-hosted collaborative workspace for notes, documents, whiteboards, and structured databases. Provides knowledge management and project organization features with real-time collaboration, cloud sync, and shared team workspaces.
Alternatives to AFFiNE Cloud
#2
All-in-one, privacy-focused workspace that merges docs, whiteboards and databases with real-time collaboration and multimodal AI assistance.
71.9k stars5.2k forkslast commit Actively maintained
#3
Penpot is an open-source UI design and prototyping platform with real-time collaboration, design systems support, and developer-friendly inspect mode with CSS/SVG/HTML output.
59.2k stars4k forksMPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained
#4
Logseq is a privacy-first, open-source knowledge management app for networked notes, tasks, and collaboration using local Markdown or Org-mode graphs.
44.6k stars2.8k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#5
Open-source, web-based collaborative Markdown editor for real-time notes, diagrams, and slide presentations with revisions and access controls.
7.4k stars590 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Standard Notes is an end-to-end encrypted notes app with secure file storage, offline access, and cross-platform sync, with optional self-hosting of the sync server.
6.6k stars548 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Lightweight, privacy-focused self-hosted Markdown notes app with wikilinks, graph view, tags, templates, search, Mermaid diagrams, LaTeX math, and optional password protection.
2.8k stars234 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
Silicon Notes is a lightweight personal knowledge base built with Flask. It offers Markdown editing, syntax highlighting, backlinks, full-text search, page history, and export/import.
264 stars6 forkslast commit Actively maintained
Create, share and combine structured tables and views inside Nextcloud. Supports templates, CSV/spreadsheet import, custom columns, filtered views and an OpenAPI-backed API.
213 stars48 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#10
Lightweight note-taking app that stores notes as markdown files and folders on the filesystem; offers fast OS-optimized search, Milkdown editor, and Docker support.
155 stars6 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#11
Self-hosted, multi-user personal knowledge base for notes, linked contexts, and process pipelines, with backlinks and per-item privacy controls.
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What replacing AFFiNE Cloud actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 10 of 11 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0, MPL-2.0, MIT. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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