AFFiNE is an open-source, self-hosted alternative with a user interface very similar to Notion’s
“Where AFFiNE truly stands out is in customization and its whiteboarding features. You can enable a translucent sidebar UI, toggle AI features on or off, adjust font styles, enable spellcheck, set page width, and more. The whiteboarding capabilities alone set AFFiNE apart since it’s not something a lot of apps offer.”
This is actually quite an interesting application, especially for those who need to be creative and to collaborate with others. Although it uses Markdown shortcuts (and menus) and can export to Markdown format, it is not really intended to compete head-on with dedicated note-taking applications (at least not yet). One of the reasons is there are no stable mobile client apps yet.
It does install on all the key desktop OSes and there is also a self-hosted version (as well as a paid cloud hosted version).
Although it has been evolving in leaps and bounds, there are still some incomplete features, like I saw someone mention (and I could not find) a resorting option for tables. But for edgeless mixing of all sorts of different media in a collaborative environment, it looks like it is standing alone right now in the open source world.
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AFFiNE is an open-source alternative that can be self-hosted and has a user interface very similar to Notion’s
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