AppFlowy vs Gollum
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted apps from related categories
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare AppFlowy with
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Feature AppFlowy Gollum Category Notes & Knowledge Base Wikis & Documentation License AGPL-3.0 MIT Language Dart Ruby Setup difficulty Medium Medium Min. RAM 1,024 MB 256 MB Deployment docker, binary, source binary, docker, source GitHub stars ★ 75,074 ★ 14,308 First released 2021 2010 Replaces Notion, Evernote Confluence, Notion
Why pick each one
Choose Gollum if… Pages are plain files in Git Easy version control Gollum details
Frequently asked questions Is AppFlowy or Gollum better? Neither is universally better. AppFlowy has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are AppFlowy and Gollum free and open-source? Yes. AppFlowy is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Gollum under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run AppFlowy and Gollum with Docker? AppFlowy: yes. Gollum: yes.