#1
Outline is a fast, collaborative knowledge base for teams, featuring markdown docs, real-time editing, AI-powered search, and Slack integrations.
40.3k stars3.5k forkslast commit Actively maintained
13 self-hosted HCL Connections alternatives
Enterprise social collaboration and intranet platform providing communities, blogs, wikis, profiles, activity streams, file sharing and integrations to support knowledge sharing, team collaboration and internal communication.
Alternatives to HCL Connections
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A modern, extensible Node.js wiki with Markdown editing, powerful admin tools, multiple auth options, and support for popular SQL databases.
28.8k stars3.3k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#3
Open-source Confluence/Notion alternative for team wikis and documentation with real-time editing, spaces, permissions, diagrams, and search.
21.5k stars1.5k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
BookStack is a simple documentation and wiki platform with a WYSIWYG and optional Markdown editor, full-text search, permissions, and integrated authentication.
19k stars2.4k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#5
Documize is a self-hosted knowledge base and documentation platform for internal and external docs, offering spaces, labels, search, and enterprise-friendly authentication.
2.4k stars239 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#6
Elgg is a modular open source platform for building social networks and collaborative communities with plugin-based extensions.
1.7k stars667 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#7
Enterprise-grade open-source wiki platform for knowledge management, intranets and web applications.
1.3k stars661 forksLGPL-2.1last commit Actively maintained
Open-source operating system that connects company goals, projects and check-ins with opinionated workflows, an AI executive coach, and self-hosting options.
543 stars68 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#9
Tracim is an open-source collaboration suite offering threaded conversations, file sharing with versioning, collaborative pages, tasks and workspace organization.
275 stars40 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#10
BuddyPress is a WordPress plugin that adds member profiles, activity streams, groups, messaging, and extensibility to build community and social networking sites.
251 stars169 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#11
Lightweight PHP wiki engine offering WYSIWYG editing, per-page ACLs, revision control, themes, file uploads, and support for MariaDB/MySQL/SQLite.
55 stars10 forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit Actively maintained
#12
MediaWiki is an open source wiki engine for building collaborative knowledge bases with versioned pages, templates, categories, and a powerful extension system.
Activity unknown
#13
WikiSuite is an integrated open source suite combining wiki/groupware, chat and conferencing, webmail, search, and infrastructure management for organizations.
Activity unknown
What replacing HCL Connections 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. 11 of 13 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0, MIT, LGPL-2.1, BSD-3-Clause. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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