XWiki
100 · HealthyEnterprise wiki with structured pages, fine-grained rights and an extension system for building apps on top.
Open source Wikis & knowledge base
Joplin
92 · HealthyNote-taking app with notebooks, tags, web clipping and end-to-end encrypted sync across devices.
Docs (La Suite)
90 · HealthyReal-time collaborative document editor from La Suite, the workplace tools built by the French and German governments.
Memos
88 · HealthyLightweight timeline for quick notes and memos, searchable by tag and date.
Onyx
88 · HealthyAI search and chat over your company's documents, with connectors for Slack, Google Drive, Confluence and more.
Scalar
88 · HealthyInteractive API reference docs and an API client, generated from OpenAPI documents.
AppFlowy
84 · HealthyCollaborative workspace for docs, databases, kanban boards and wikis, with built-in AI.
Logseq
78 · StableOutliner for notes and knowledge management, with daily journals, backlinks and a graph view.
Notesnook
77 · StableEnd-to-end encrypted note-taking app with notebooks, tags, reminders and web clipping.
AFFiNE
74 · StableWorkspace that puts docs, whiteboards and databases on one canvas, usable offline or self-hosted.
BookStack
74 · StableWiki organized as shelves, books, chapters and pages, built on Laravel.
Fumadocs
74 · StableReact and Next.js framework for documentation sites, with search, MDX content and API reference pages.
Standard Notes
73 · StableEnd-to-end encrypted notes and files, with editors for Markdown, code, tasks and spreadsheets.
SiYuan
70 · StableBlock-based personal knowledge base with Markdown, backlinks, databases and end-to-end encrypted sync.
Wiki.js
70 · StableNode.js wiki with Markdown and visual editors, Git sync and many auth providers.
Docmost
64 · StableCollaborative wiki with real-time editing, spaces, permissions, comments and diagrams.
Colanode
54 · CautionLocal-first workspace that combines team chat, pages and databases, with a self-hosted sync server.
Source-available and unverified licenses
The code for these is public, but the license is not an OSI open source license, or we have not verified it yet. Check the license notes on each project before relying on it.
AFFiNE
Workspace that puts docs, whiteboards and databases on one canvas, usable offline or self-hosted.
Will it still be around?
Stable
Score 74/100
Can a business use it freely?
Free core, paid extras
MIT · open source (copyleft)
Features compared
has,doesn't
9/10 Notion features free in AFFiNE
AFFiNE has every feature Notion has on this list.
Notion has every feature AFFiNE has on this list.
✕ doesn't have it · ◐ partly · $ higher plan or paid editionBoth have 9
Headline Notion features on the Plus plan, and whether AFFiNE has each in its free, self-hosted edition.
| Feature | NotionPlus plan | AFFiNE9 of 10 free |
|---|---|---|
| Both have9 | ||
| Rich docs and nested pages | Included | Yes |
| Databases with table and board views | Included | YesDatabase blocks with table and kanban |
| Real-time co-editing | Included | Yes |
| Comments and mentions | Included | Yes |
| Templates | Included | Yes |
| Page history | Included30 days | Yes |
| Publish pages to the web | Included | Yes |
| Offline mode | Included | YesLocal-first |
| Mobile apps | Included | Yes |
| Neither has fully1 | ||
| AI writing and Q&A | Higher planBusiness plan | Paid editionAFFiNE AI is paid |
Sources
- Notion, checked 2026-10-09: notion.com
- AFFiNE, checked 2026-10-09: github.com, affine.pro
Flat Rate Deploy
A 25-member team on Notion Plus pays about $250 a month. AFFiNE on OpenTools costs $39 a month, setup included, so you save $211 a month, about $7,596 over three years.
Monthly cost
- AFFiNE on OpenTools
- $39
- Notion
$250
You save each month
$211/mo
84% less than today
Saving from month one
You save
- Over 3 years
- $7,596
- In year one
- $2,532
List price checked 7 Oct 2026 · Source · Disclaimer
Health score: 74/100
Stable · activity, bus factor and issue responsiveness, from GitHub
Score v2 · How it works
Activity
45% weight100/100
- Last commit yesterday (100/100).
- 764 commits in the past 12 months (100/100).
- 50+ releases in the past 12 months (100/100).
Bus factor
30% weight49/100
- Top contributor wrote 64% of the last 74 commits (past 12 months).
- 20 people authored those commits.
Responsiveness
25% weight56/100
- 84% of all issues are closed (653 open, 3442 closed) (90/100).
- 10 of 30 recent issues got a reply or were closed (33/100).
License
Free core, paid extras
MIT · Open source (copyleft)
What you need to do
The core is free to use. Enterprise features, kept in a separately licensed part of the code, need a paid license in production.
For AFFiNE
The editor and apps are MIT, and the server code shipped in the Community Edition is MPL-2.0. Server features outside the Community Edition need a paid Enterprise Edition subscription for production use.
MIT (apps) + MPL-2.0 (Community Edition server) + AFFiNE Enterprise Edition license · Open source (copyleft). OSI-approved license that requires sharing changes under the same license when you distribute (AGPL: also when you offer it over a network).
License text checked 2026-10-09 · Read it
GitHub activity
- Stars
- 73k
- Forks
- 5.3k
- Commits, 12 mo
- 764
- last yesterday
- Releases, 12 mo
- 50+
- last 2 months ago
- Contributors
- 261
- 20 in last 74 commits
- Open issues
- 653
- 3.4k closed
Snapshot from 2026-10-09 · Funding: github
Top contributors
Points for pull requests merged into AFFiNE and reviews of them since 1 June 2026 (older history is still loading). Building something another user asked for earns more. 30 people have points on AFFiNE in all.
