Self-Hosted Confluence Alternatives

Confluence is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are plenty of alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best Self-Hosted alternative is Anytype. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Confluence and many of them are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to Confluence are AppFlowy, TiddlyWiki, Docmost and BookStack.

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Confluence alternatives are mainly Team Collaboration Tools, but if you're looking for Wiki Engines or Note-taking Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Self-Hosted + Open Source, Free and Self-Hosted. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Confluence.
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  1. Anytype icon
     313 likes

    Manage notes, tasks, and projects offline with Markdown support. Enjoy encrypted storage, P2P syncing, and powerful dynamic collections across all devices, while allowing redistribution and modification for non-commercial uses.

    239 Anytype alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Docker
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  2. AppFlowy icon
     213 likes

    Open-source workspace offering complete data control, deep customization via themes, plugins, and templates, native multi-platform support using Flutter and Rust, offline access, privacy features, collaborative tools, and easy extensibility for all users.

    154 AppFlowy alternatives

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    • Snapcraft
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    • Flathub
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  3. TiddlyWiki icon
     315 likes

    TiddlyWiki is a single html file with all the characteristics of a wiki - including all of the functionality (including editing, saving, tagging and searching) and the style sheet. Because its a single file, its very portable - you can email it, put it on a web server or share...

    207 TiddlyWiki alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • BSD
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    • Xfce
    • RemoteStorage
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  4. Docmost icon
     52 likes

    Open-source wiki and documentation solution offering real-time collaborative editing, robust permissions, group management, spaces for organizing content, inline commenting, full-page history, advanced full-text search, nested pages, attachments, and flexible storage.

    148 Docmost alternatives

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Docker
    • Cloudron
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  5. BookStack icon
     134 likes

    BookStack is a free and open source knowledge management platform built on PHP. The system has been built around simplicity to ensure that adding information to it is not a chore. The content structure is built on the metaphors of Books, Chapters & Pages.

    119 BookStack alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
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  6. La Suite Docs icon
     25 likes

    Collaborative platform for real-time note-taking, documentation, and wikis, featuring offline editing, granular permissions, AI-assisted writing, multiple export formats, user-friendly formatting, scalable team support, customizable templates, and open-source licensing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Python
    • Typescript
    • JavaScript
    • React
    • Django
    • Next.js
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  7. MediaWiki icon
     184 likes

    MediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis.

    97 MediaWiki alternatives

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    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Sandstorm
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  8. XWiki icon
     103 likes

    XWiki is the ultimate open-source structured wiki designed to enhance business collaboration and efficiency. Tailored for tech-savvy professionals, XWiki’s extensibility, customization, and flexibility make it indispensable for managing large projects and datasets, while...

    150 XWiki alternatives

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    • Docker
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  9. Foam icon
     55 likes

    Foam is a personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub.

    268 Foam alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
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  10. DokuWiki icon
     191 likes

    DokuWiki is a standards compliant, simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies. It has a simple but powerful syntax which makes sure the datafiles remain readable outside the Wiki and...

    102 DokuWiki alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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  11. Wiki.js icon
     52 likes

    Write your content in the widely used and simple Markdown format, using the built-in visual editor. Unlike other wiki software that save content in a database with a difficult to extract format, Wiki.js saves all your content directly into Markdown (.

    84 Wiki.js alternatives

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    • Cloudron
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  12. Plane icon
     24 likes

    Open source alternative supporting project management, issue and task tracking, custom workflows, Kanban, list, calendar views, analytics, imports, secure encryption, Slack and GitHub integrations, Agile and Waterfall frameworks, and advanced customization.

    95 Plane alternatives

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    • Online
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