Self-hosted wikis: open-source Confluence, Notion, and Bear alternatives
Confluence is $6-11/user/mo. Notion Enterprise is $20/seat. Self-hosted Outline, BookStack, and Wiki.js give the same shared docs and team-knowledge UX on a $5/mo VPS without per-seat pricing. Picks ranked by health and self-hosting cost.
The 24 picks, ranked by health
Health score is a 6-dimension composite. See methodology.
Storybook is the industry standard workshop for building, documenting, and testing UI components in isolation
A privacy-first, self-hosted, fully open source personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang.
Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes
Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes
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.
Easy to maintain open source documentation websites.
Wiki.js | A modern and powerful wiki app built on Node.js
Leantime is a goals focused project management system for non-project managers. Building with ADHD, Autism, and dyslexia in mind.
Android client for Nextcloud Notes app.
HedgeDoc - Ideas grow better together
Huly, All-in-One Project Management Platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion)
Project documentation with Markdown.
A collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales. Built with Django and React.
The Sphinx documentation generator
Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.
Sketch and take handwritten notes.
Huma REST/HTTP API Framework for Golang with OpenAPI 3.1
A minimalistic wiki powered by python, markdown and git.
The Stack Overflow clone for your team (self-hosted or hosted)
Distraction-free notes and writing
Docmost is an open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. It is an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion.
Convert documentation websites, GitHub repositories, and PDFs into Claude AI skills with automatic conflict detection
The DokuWiki Open Source Wiki Engine
Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files. For issues, visit https://standardnotes.com/forum or https://standardnotes.com/help.
Specifically replacing
These categories on ossreplace cover the SaaS in this space.
Ready to self-host?
Most operators land on storybook (top health) and run it on hetzner for around $4.13/mo.