Alternatives to Notion
All-in-one workspace for docs, wikis, and lightweight databases
A block-based workspace for notes, documentation, and structured pages, used for personal and team knowledge bases.
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Joplin
Open-source note-taking and to-dos with sync and encryption
notesopen-source
Updated 2/20/2026MIT (apps) / Custom (server)
Logseq
Outliner-based knowledge graph on local files
notesopen-source
Updated 2/20/2026AGPL-3.0
Standard Notes
End-to-end encrypted notes with optional self-hosting
notesopen-source
Updated 2/20/2026AGPL-3.0
Trilium Notes
Self-hosted hierarchical notes for building large knowledge bases
notesopen-source
Updated 2/20/2026AGPL-3.0