Docmost by docmost

Docmost is an open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. It is an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion.

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Verdict 72/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty 3246k docker pulls 1 open CVE Last release 5 days ago

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

Health score
72 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
20k
1.3k forks

About Docmost

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

To get started with Docmost, please refer to our documentation or try our cloud version . Features Real-time collaboration Diagrams (Draw.io, Excalidraw and Mermaid) Spaces Permissions management Groups Comments Page history Search File attachments Embeds (Airtable, Loom, Miro and more) Translations (10+ languages) Screenshots License Docmost core is licensed under the open-source AGPL 3.0 license. Enterprise features are available under an enterprise license (Enterprise Edition).

All files in the following directories are licensed under the Docmost Enterprise license defined in . apps/server/src/ee apps/client/src/ee packages/ee Contributing

Health score breakdown

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

activity
93
maturity
91
community
83
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
38

Adoption signals

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

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 20k github.com/docmost/docmost
GitHub forks 1.3k github.com/docmost/docmost
Docker Hub pulls 3246k hub.docker.com / docmost

Release & maintenance

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

Project age2.8 yearssince Aug 2023
Last commit2 days agoMay 5, 2026
Releases shipped56last: 5 days ago

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 →

Security advisories

4 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 1 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: CVE-2026-24045.

What people say on Hacker News

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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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