AppFlowy IO by AppFlowy-IO

Bring projects, wikis, and teams together with AI. AppFlowy is the AI collaborative workspace where you achieve more without losing control of your data. The leading open source Notion alternative.

AppFlowy IO interface screenshot from project README
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Verdict 69/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 13 days ago

Self-host AppFlowy IO on hetzner for $4.13/mo and save approximately $94/year vs Notion.

Health score
69 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
70k
5.2k forks

About AppFlowy IO

From the project's README at github.com/AppFlowy-IO/appflowy. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

AppFlowy is the AI workspace where you achieve more without losing control of your data

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
36
maturity
100
community
87
security
70
sustainability
100
adoption
44

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 70k github.com/AppFlowy-IO/appflowy
GitHub forks 5.2k github.com/AppFlowy-IO/appflowy

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age4.9 yearssince Jun 2021
Last commit13 days agoApr 24, 2026
Releases shipped132last: 13 days ago
Funding links1declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Replaces these paid SaaS

AppFlowy IO is one of the open-source alternatives to:

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Ready to self-host AppFlowy IO?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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