AppFlowy vs Mark Text
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 AppFlowy with
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Compare Mark Text with
choose an app… AFFiNE Memos Joplin Plane SiYuan Logseq Outline Trilium Notes TriliumNext Notes Khoj Wiki.js Karakeep ArchiveBox Focalboard Notable Docmost Super Productivity Wekan Obsidian Linkwarden BookStack Foam Omnivore OpenProject Notesnook Habitica Self-Hosted Zettlr VNote Wallabag Planka Self-hosted LiveSync Shiori Leantime Linkding Blinko git-bug Kanboard Laverna Anytype Reor nb Notes Floccus Dillinger Kaneo Buku Athens Research org-roam Taskwarrior Markor Sync Livebook QOwnNotes SilverBullet TagSpaces DokuWiki Mindforger Web CherryTree Shaarli Pinry Flatnotes Dnote Trilium Notes Next NoteDiscovery MindForger WizNote 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 DailyTxT TeamMapper Standard Notes WiseMapping MyTetra Mindwendel LibreKB Digimindmap memEx QST
Feature AppFlowy Mark Text Category Notes & Knowledge Base Notes & Knowledge Base License AGPL-3.0 MIT Language Dart TypeScript Setup difficulty Medium Easy Min. RAM 1,024 MB 256 MB Deployment docker, binary, source source GitHub stars ★ 75,074 ★ 59,781 First released 2021 2017 Replaces Notion, Evernote Typora
Why pick each one
Choose Mark Text if… Released under the MIT license Easy to set up — beginner-friendly Mature project with 59.8k GitHub stars Written in TypeScript Mark Text details
Frequently asked questions Is AppFlowy or Mark Text better? Neither is universally better. AppFlowy has the larger community, while Mark Text is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are AppFlowy and Mark Text free and open-source? Yes. AppFlowy is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Mark Text under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run AppFlowy and Mark Text with Docker? AppFlowy: yes. Mark Text: check the project docs for container support.