AFFiNE
Public facts onlyPublic code, restrictive licence. The source is public under a licence that is not open source (for example BUSL, SSPL or Elastic). Source code
A shared workspace for writing documents, sketching on a whiteboard and organising tables in one place, with offline use and live team editing. (reviewed by BenchLytix)
Licence, summarised from its LICENSE file: packages/backend (the server you self-host) and packages/common/native are under the AFFiNE Enterprise Edition licence: production use requires agreeing to the AFFiNE subscription terms. The rest is MIT. LICENSE file, read 2026-10-13.
Running it yourself
We have no supporting services on record from this project's setup files, so we give no hosting estimate. Check the project's own requirements. You need a server, or an IT provider who runs one for you.
What this label rests on
Licence, last update and source code, from public records. We have not run it.
Facts and where they come from
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Licence identifiers | MIT + source-available server licence | GitHub repositoryfetched 2026-10-13 |
| GitHub stars | 73,446 | GitHub repositoryfetched 2026-10-13 |
| Contributors | 270 | GitHub repositoryfetched 2026-10-13 |
| Last update to the code | 2026-10-12 | GitHub repositoryfetched 2026-10-13 |
| Archived | No | GitHub repositoryfetched 2026-10-13 |
| Current release | v0.27.4 (2026-08-18) | GitHub repositoryfetched 2026-10-13 |
| Listing description | There can be more than Notion and Miro. AFFiNE(pronounced [ə‘fain]) is a next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together. Privacy first, open-source, customizable and ready to use. | GitHub repositoryfetched 2026-10-13 |
Not on record: Commits by month, Docker Hub image, Platforms, Connectors in its directory, API documentation, Single sign-on documentation, External services it needs, Described as an alternative to, Website.
Licence class is derived from the licence identifiers above, never typed by hand. How
Editorial notes
- What it does
- A shared workspace for writing documents, sketching on a whiteboard and organising tables in one place, with offline use and live team editing.
- Drafted by AI from GitHub repository, reviewed by a person on 2026-10-13
- Goals it fits
- Team wiki and docs
- Drafted by AI from GitHub repository, reviewed by a person on 2026-10-13
- Known gaps
- Plugins and third-party add-on blocks are not available yet; the README says they are coming soon.
- Drafted by AI from GitHub repository, reviewed by a person on 2026-10-13
Editorial, not measured. Every note was reviewed by BenchLytix before this record was published.