The Best Open Source Alternatives to Confluence
Looking for a self-hosted, open-source alternative to Confluence? Here are 4 apps you can run on your own infrastructure: BookStack, Docmost, Wiki.js and AFFiNE.
BookStack as a Confluence alternative
BookStack is an open-source alternative to Confluence with the same book-chapter-page structure that Confluence's spaces are built to mimic, aimed at teams documenting processes and internal knowledge rather than writing free-form notes.
Docmost as a Confluence alternative
Docmost is an open-source alternative to Confluence for collaborative team documentation, with real-time editing and page permissions comparable to Confluence spaces.
Wiki.js as a Confluence alternative
Wiki.js is a fully featured open-source alternative to Confluence, with granular page permissions and version history suited to teams that treat their wiki as the system of record.
AFFiNE as a Confluence alternative
AFFiNE combines docs and whiteboards in one workspace, an open-source alternative to Confluence for teams that want diagrams and planning canvases alongside written documentation.
| Confluence | BookStack | Docmost | Wiki.js | AFFiNE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team wiki & documentation | |||||
| Nested Pages & Hierarchical Structure | |||||
| Real-time Collaborative Editing | |||||
| Comments | |||||
| Version History | |||||
| Embedded Diagrams | |||||
| Multilingual Content | |||||
| Full-text Search | |||||
| Infinite Canvas Whiteboard | |||||
| No-code Database Builder | |||||
| Authentication | |||||
| SAML SSO | |||||
| OIDC SSO | |||||
| Social Login | |||||
| LDAP / AD | |||||
| MFA | |||||
| API Keys | |||||
| Password Auth | |||||
| Access Control | |||||
| RBAC | |||||
| Teams | |||||
| Unlimited Users | |||||
| Data | |||||
| Data Export | |||||
| Audit Log | |||||
| Integrations | |||||
| Webhooks | |||||
| REST API | |||||
| GraphQL API | |||||
| MCP Server | |||||
| UI | |||||
| Custom Branding | |||||
| Dark Mode | |||||
| Android | |||||
| iOS | |||||
| Mac | |||||
| Windows | |||||
| Infrastructure | |||||
| HA / Clustering | |||||
| Other Features | |||||
| Multiple Data Views | — | ||||