AFFiNE vs DokuWiki
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted notes & knowledge base options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare AFFiNE with
choose an app… Excalidraw AppFlowy Memos Mark Text Joplin Plane Cryptee Sheets SiYuan Logseq Outline Trilium Notes TriliumNext Notes Khoj Wiki.js Karakeep ArchiveBox Focalboard Notable Docmost Super Productivity Wekan Obsidian Linkwarden BookStack Foam Docs by Suite Numerique Omnivore OpenProject Notesnook Gollum Habitica Self-Hosted Zettlr Quartz VNote Wallabag MarkText Workspace Planka Self-hosted LiveSync Shiori Leantime Linkding Blinko git-bug Kanboard Laverna TiddlyWiki Anytype Reor nb Notes Floccus Dillinger Kaneo Buku Athens Research org-roam Taskwarrior Markor Sync Livebook QOwnNotes SilverBullet TagSpaces Mindforger Web CherryTree Shaarli Pinry Flatnotes Dnote Trilium Notes Next NoteDiscovery MindForger WizNote WBO BatNoter Notea AppFlowy Cloud Jotty Atomic Server Knowledge RocketNotes QuillPad Beavers Notes Outline Desktop Writing Many Notes Notabase Notesnook Sync Server mdSilo Note Mark Turtl RedNotebook Tangent Notes Drawio Desktop Server DailyTxT TeamMapper Standard Notes WiseMapping MyTetra Mindwendel LibreKB Excalidraw Whiteboard Office Digimindmap memEx QST
Compare DokuWiki with
choose an app… AppFlowy Docusaurus Memos Mark Text Joplin SiYuan Logseq Outline Trilium Notes TriliumNext Notes Wiki.js MkDocs Docmost BookStack Answer Gollum Read the Docs Dendron MediaWiki MDwiki Raneto Documize Community Django Wiki ZenTao Otter Wiki XWiki LeafWiki Daux.io Realms Wiki
Feature AFFiNE DokuWiki Category Notes & Knowledge Base Notes & Knowledge Base License MIT GPL-2.0 Language TypeScript PHP Setup difficulty Medium Easy Min. RAM 1,024 MB 128 MB Deployment docker docker, bare-metal GitHub stars ★ 71,312 ★ 4,694 First released 2022 2004 Replaces Notion, Miro Confluence
Why pick each one
Choose AFFiNE if… Versatile workspace Local-first design Modern UI AFFiNE details Choose DokuWiki if… Trivial to back up Very stable and mature Low resource needs DokuWiki details
Frequently asked questions Is AFFiNE or DokuWiki better? Neither is universally better. AFFiNE has the larger community, while DokuWiki is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are AFFiNE and DokuWiki free and open-source? Yes. AFFiNE is licensed under MIT and DokuWiki under GPL-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run AFFiNE and DokuWiki with Docker? AFFiNE: yes. DokuWiki: yes.