Outline
Notes & Knowledge BaseTeam knowledge base and wiki
Replaces Notion, Confluence
Best SSO Notes & Knowledge Base for self-hosting
The 4 best SSO notes & knowledge base you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Wiki.js
Notes & Knowledge BaseModern and powerful open-source wiki
Replaces Confluence, Notion
Docmost
Notes & Knowledge BaseOpen-source collaborative wiki and documentation
Replaces Confluence, Notion
BookStack
Notes & Knowledge BaseSimple self-hosted documentation and wiki platform
Replaces Confluence, Notion
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outline | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 1,024 MB | BSL-1.1 | 40,889 |
| Wiki.js | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 29,036 |
| Docmost | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 1,024 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 21,969 |
| BookStack | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 512 MB | MIT | 19,079 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Outline (40,889 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Wiki.js (from 512 MB RAM, against 1,024 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 2 of 4 use AGPL-3.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged SSO within the notes & knowledge base category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.