Documize Community by documize
Modern Confluence alternative designed for internal & external docs, built with Go + EmberJS
About Documize Community
From the project's README at github.com/documize/community. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Documize Community is an open source, modern, self-hosted, enterprise-grade knowledge management solution. Built for technical and non-technical users Designed to unify both customer-facing and internal documentation Organization through labels, spaces and categories
It's built with Golang + EmberJS and compiled down to a single executable binary that is available for Linux, Windows and Mac.
All you need to provide is your database -- PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server or any MySQL variant. Latest Release
The Community+ edition is the "enterprise" offering with advanced capabilities and customer support: content approval workflows content organization by label, space and category content version management content lifecycle management content feedback capture content PDF export analytics and reporting activity streams audit logs actions assignments product support
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 2.4k | github.com/documize/community |
| GitHub forks | 235 | github.com/documize/community |
| NPM downloads (last month) | 1.2k | community |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 10.0 years | since Apr 2016 |
| Last commit | 8 months ago | Sep 19, 2025 |
| Releases shipped | 165 | last: 8 months ago |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
CVE-2023-23634. What people say on Hacker News
Ready to self-host Documize Community?
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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