Quasi Self-Hosted Quasi Open Source Notion Alternatives from Asia (SiYuan, Affine, AppFlowy)

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/selfhosted

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  • AFFiNE

    There can be more than Notion and Miro. AFFiNE(pronounced [ə‘fain]) is a next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together. Privacy first, open-source, customizable and ready to use.

  • Affine.Pro - MPL Licensed - their unique selling point is the ability to switch between text and whiteboard view for the same page: https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE

  • siyuan

    A privacy-first, self-hosted, fully open source personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang.

  • Siyuan - GPL Licensed - Probably the most advanced personal note/knowledge management app on the market - blows Joplin, Obsidian, Logseq out of the water: https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • AppFlowy

    AppFlowy is an open-source alternative to Notion. You are in charge of your data and customizations. Built with Flutter and Rust.

  • AppFlowy - GPL Licensed - their unique selling point is that they're farther along than SiYuan or Affine on their database table functionality. Both Siyuan and Affine have database tables for project management but Appflowy's solution is solid. https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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