AFFiNE

AFFiNE is a local-first knowledge workspace for individuals and teams who want documents, visual plans and databases together. It keeps workspace data on your disk and supports self-hosted servers through Docker. Optional AI features assist with writing and visual work alongside the local workspace. Optional AI in self-hosted workspaces requires your own provider keys; cloud provider requests go to that service.

Documents and whiteboards share the same editor. You can place rich text, sticky notes, linked pages, embedded web pages and database views on an edgeless canvas, rather than keep a wiki and a visual planning board in separate apps. Canvas frames also work as presentation slides.

The workspace suits connected team knowledge bases, project planning and brainstorming. Database views organize structured information alongside notes, while templates provide starting points for storyboards, planners and reading logs. Web and desktop clients support real-time synchronization and collaboration, and mobile apps are available for iOS and Android.

AI can draft reports, turn outlines into slides, summarize articles as mind maps and organize task backlogs. It can also generate prototype apps and web pages from prompts.

AFFiNE’s editor and most client code are MIT-licensed; its server backend uses the source-available AFFiNE EE license. Commercial and hosted offerings are available.