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Notion alternative evaluations
Notion is a fantastic app, but it doesn't have a self-hosted version, which is a big turn-off for me.
AppFlowy
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a real pain to set up authentication
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no web interface / no public sharing
AFFiNE
For sure a top contender.
Pros:
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no OpenID backend required — just an email and password
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edgeless mode (haven't really dug into it yet, but I can see the potential)
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still a lot of development work to go
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login not required to access the demo workspace (could be a security or storage issue, but it's unclear)
Outline
https://github.com/outline/outline/discussions/6155#discussioncomment-7571518
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even more of a pain in the ass to set up (but now I have a Keycloak OpenID instance)
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linking pages is strange
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no databases, simple tables only