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Best open-source alternatives to Google Workspace

Google's cloud productivity suite (Docs, Sheets, Gmail, Drive).

Google Workspace combines Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar, and Drive in a browser-first collaborative suite used by many small and mid-sized organizations. Its real-time co-editing model set the standard for cloud productivity. Privacy concerns around scanning, data residency, and recurring per-user pricing drive teams toward self-hosted office and email stacks.

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    GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open Core

    TinyCld is a self-hosted workspace platform designed as an app shell around a set of installable feature packages. It combines an Expo Router front end with a PocketBase back end, and the repository described here provides the runnable shell, deployment configuration, package generation, and runtime wiring needed to assemble a workspace from sibling packages. It is aimed at users who want a self-hosted alternative to a cloud workspace suite and at developers who want to extend that suite with modular packages. The README explains how to clone the workspace members, install from the workspace root, run the development proxy and backend processes, and build or deploy the bundled container image. Features called out include mail, calendar, contacts, drive, text, calc, and Google Takeout import, with additional packages able to be added by workspace linking.

    Open CoreMulti-UserDocker
    Install:dockersource

    Features:

    • modular plug-in packages
    • mail
    • calendar
    • contacts
    • drive

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What to look for in a Google Workspace alternative

Real-time multi-user editing is the hardest feature to replicate — most self-hosted office suites support it, but conflict resolution and offline behavior vary. Evaluate import/export fidelity for Google Docs/Sheets, since native formats do not exist outside Google. Email, calendar, and drive components are usually separate self-hosted projects, so plan for integrating distinct services rather than a single bundled suite.

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