Self-hosted alternatives to Notion
Add a second writer to a Notion workspace and the plan bills per member, while its staff can open a page to troubleshoot or recover it. Keeping notes on your own server puts the pages on a disk you own. The apps below are the note-taking tools from this directory.
- Pricing
- Free tier, paid plans
- You hand over
- Every note and page, open to staff for support and recovery
- Category
- Productivity
Apps that can replace it
AFFiNE
Write docs, track work in databases and sketch on a whiteboard, with workspaces synced through your own server.
SiYuan
Write Markdown notes with block-level links in a privacy-first workspace, served to your browser from your own server.
Trilium Notes
Keep a large personal knowledge base as a tree of notes and sync your desktop apps with a server at home using this hierarchical FOSS note-taking app.
Joplin
Sync notes between the official Joplin desktop and mobile apps using a server kept on your own network.
Memos
Save quick Markdown notes to a private timeline on your own server, with tags, search and optional sharing.
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