# Open-source alternatives for Notes and docs

> Note-taking, wikis and knowledge bases you can host yourself.

## Paid products
- [Open-source alternatives to Confluence](https://repoquarry.dev/alternatives/confluence.md): Confluence sells shared spaces for team knowledge and documentation. Alternatives range from collaborative documents to personal knowledge bases, so permissions and team workflows need separate checking. Pricing: See pricing page.
- [Open-source alternatives to Evernote](https://repoquarry.dev/alternatives/evernote.md): Paid cloud note-taking app with notebooks, tags and web clipping, synced across devices. Pricing: Free plan (50 notes, 1 notebook, 1 device); paid Starter, Advanced, Flexible and Unlimited: see pricing page.
- [Open-source alternatives to Notion](https://repoquarry.dev/alternatives/notion.md): Paid cloud workspace for notes, wikis and docs, and databases shown as tables and boards, synced across devices. Pricing: Free plan; Plus £8.50 and Business £16.50 per member/month billed yearly (GBP as shown); Enterprise custom.

## Top ranked projects
1. [Outline](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/outline.md): Real-time collaborative team knowledge base and wiki with Markdown support, self-hosted via Docker or used as a hosted service. Commercial use: Partial.
2. [AFFiNE](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/affine.md): Local-first workspace merging docs, whiteboard canvas and multi-view databases, with real-time sync and a self-hostable server. Commercial use: Partial.
3. [AppFlowy](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/appflowy.md): Flutter and Rust desktop and mobile workspace for docs, wikis and projects, positioned as an open-source Notion alternative. Commercial use: Partial.
4. [Joplin](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/joplin.md): Markdown note-taking app with notebooks, web clipper and end-to-end encrypted sync via Nextcloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, WebDAV, S3 or Joplin Cloud. Commercial use: Partial.
5. [SiYuan](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/siyuan.md): Privacy-first personal knowledge base with block-level references, Markdown WYSIWYG editing, database table views and Docker hosting. Commercial use: Confirmed.
6. [Trilium Notes](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/trilium.md): Hierarchical note-taking app for large personal knowledge bases, with scripting, encryption and sync to a self-hosted server. Commercial use: Confirmed.
7. [Anytype](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/anytype.md): Local-first, end-to-end encrypted knowledge base with pages, databases and kanban, optional P2P sync or a self-hosted sync network. Commercial use: Partial.
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