The Best Open Source Alternatives to Notion
Looking for a self-hosted, open-source alternative to Notion? Here are 2 apps you can run on your own infrastructure: Wiki.js and AFFiNE.
Wiki.js as a Notion alternative
Wiki.js works as an open-source alternative to Notion for a team that wants a searchable personal knowledge base with fewer moving parts than Notion's blocks-and-databases model.
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AFFiNE as a Notion alternative
AFFiNE is the closest open-source alternative to Notion in this list, combining the same docs-plus-database editing model with a whiteboard Notion doesn't have.
| Notion | Wiki.js | AFFiNE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notes & personal workspace | |||
| 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 | |||
| Data | |||
| Data Export | |||
| Audit Log | |||
| Integrations | |||
| Webhooks | |||
| REST API | |||
| GraphQL API | |||
| MCP Server | |||
| UI | |||
| Custom Branding | |||
| Android | |||
| iOS | |||
| Mac | |||
| Windows | |||
| Other Features | |||
| Unlimited Users | — | ||