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Best Multi-User Notes & Knowledge Base for self-hosting

The 26 best Multi-User notes & knowledge base you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

At a glance

AppDeploy effortDifficultyMin. RAMLicense★ Stars
AFFiNEUnder-an-hour setupMedium1,024 MBMIT73,487
OutlineUnder-an-hour setupMedium1,024 MBBSL-1.140,889
KhojUnder-an-hour setupMedium2,048 MBAGPL-3.037,676
Wiki.jsUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBAGPL-3.029,036
DocmostUnder-an-hour setupMedium1,024 MBAGPL-3.021,969
BookStackUnder-an-hour setupEasy512 MBMIT19,079
NotesnookUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBGPL-3.014,753
Athens ResearchUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBEPL-1.06,294
LivebookUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBApache-2.05,884
DokuWikiUnder-an-hour setupEasy128 MBGPL-2.04,727

Quick picks

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Multi-User within the notes & knowledge base category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.

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