Outline vs Reor
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 Outline with
choose an app… AppFlowy AFFiNE Docusaurus Memos Mark Text Joplin Plane SiYuan Logseq Trilium Notes TriliumNext Notes Khoj Wiki.js Karakeep ArchiveBox Focalboard Notable MkDocs Docmost Super Productivity Wekan Obsidian Linkwarden BookStack Foam Docs by Suite Numerique Omnivore OpenProject Answer 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 Read the Docs nb Notes Floccus Dillinger Kaneo Dendron Buku Athens Research org-roam Taskwarrior Markor Sync Livebook QOwnNotes SilverBullet TagSpaces MediaWiki DokuWiki Mindforger Web CherryTree Shaarli Pinry MDwiki Flatnotes Dnote Trilium Notes Next Raneto NoteDiscovery MindForger WizNote BatNoter Documize Community Notea AppFlowy Cloud Jotty Django Wiki ZenTao Atomic Server Otter Wiki Knowledge RocketNotes QuillPad Beavers Notes XWiki Outline Desktop Writing Many Notes LeafWiki Notabase Notesnook Sync Server mdSilo Daux.io Realms Wiki Note Mark Turtl RedNotebook Tangent Notes DailyTxT TeamMapper Standard Notes WiseMapping MyTetra Mindwendel LibreKB Digimindmap memEx QST
Compare Reor with
choose an app… AppFlowy AFFiNE Memos Mark Text Joplin SiYuan Logseq Paperless-ngx Trilium Notes TriliumNext Notes Khoj Wiki.js Notable Docmost Obsidian BookStack Foam Notesnook Zettlr VNote Self-hosted LiveSync Blinko Laverna Anytype nb Notes Markor Sync QOwnNotes TagSpaces Papra Mindforger Web CherryTree Archivy Flatnotes Dnote
Feature Outline Reor Category Notes & Knowledge Base Notes & Knowledge Base License BSL-1.1 AGPL-3.0 Language TypeScript JavaScript Setup difficulty Medium Easy Min. RAM 1,024 MB 1,024 MB Deployment docker binary, source GitHub stars ★ 40,034 ★ 8,574 First released 2017 2024 Replaces Notion, Confluence Evernote, Notion
Why pick each one
Choose Outline if… Polished team wiki Great search Strong integrations Outline details Choose Reor if… AI features without sending data away Notes stay as portable files Reor details
Frequently asked questions Is Outline or Reor better? Neither is universally better. Outline has the larger community, while Reor is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are Outline and Reor free and open-source? Yes. Outline is licensed under BSL-1.1 and Reor under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Outline and Reor with Docker? Outline: yes. Reor: check the project docs for container support.