AFFiNE
★ 70.9kA self-hosted alternative to Miro, Notion
MIT LicenseOpen Source — No Paywall4 Containers — 4 containers — moderate hosting footprintDocker · Compose · SourceNeeds Pgvector1 documented maintainer
About
AFFiNE is an open-source workspace platform designed for writing, drawing, planning, and organizing knowledge in one place. It combines document editing and whiteboard-style canvas interactions,...
Community Ratings
No ratings yetFeatures
- edgeless canvas
- rich text editing
- sticky notes
- embedded web pages
- multi-view databases
- linked pages
- shapes
- slides
- AI-assisted writing and brainstorming
- real-time collaboration
Details
- Last Updated
- Jul 28, 2026
- Created
- Jul 31, 2022
- Install Methods
- dockerdocker-composesource
- Privacy & Independence
- Cloud: OptionalOffline Capable
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓4 Containers — moderate hosting footprintRuns as 4 containers
Docker Compose
4 services · database: pgvector · infra: redis, pgvector
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (5 volumes)
.docker/selfhost/compose.yml · @ edc87e3 · scanned Jun 4, 2026
name: affine
services:
affine:
image: ghcr.io/toeverything/affine:${AFFINE_REVISION:-stable}
container_name: affine_server
ports:
- '${PORT:-3010}:3010'
depends_on:
redis:
condition: service_healthy
postgres:
condition: service_healthy
affine_migration:
condition: service_completed_successfully
volumes:
# custom configurations
- ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/root/.affine/storage
- ${CONFIG_LOCATION}:/root/.affine/config
env_file:
- .env
# ...
Open-source health
Not quite free with issues
open-washinglimited-corevc-funding
Source: isitreallyfoss.com · reviewed Jun 2025
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