Knowledge Management tools
Tools for organizing and sharing institutional knowledge.
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Excalidraw
129,679
Knowledge Management
Excalidraw is an open-source collaborative whiteboard for hand-drawn diagrams and wireframes, with an infinite canvas, exports, sharing, and offline support.
A
AppFlowy
75,519
Knowledge Management
AppFlowy is an open-source collaborative workspace for organizing projects, tasks, wikis, databases, documentation, and AI-assisted work across devices.
M
Memos
62,267
Knowledge Management
Memos is a self-hosted, Markdown-native note-taking app for quick capture, timeline-based writing, web clipping, and user-controlled data management.
P
Plane
56,003
Knowledge Management
Plane is an open-source project management platform for tracking issues, organizing sprints, managing roadmaps, and analyzing project work across teams.
S
Siyuan
45,825
Knowledge Management
SiYuan is a privacy-first knowledge workspace for block-based notes, linked documents, AI-assisted writing, and structured personal knowledge management.
L
Logseq
44,466
Knowledge Management
Logseq is an open-source knowledge-management app for organizing notes, tasks, and ideas in local-first graphs, with desktop, web, and mobile access.
T
Trilium
37,438
Knowledge Management
Trilium is an open-source note-taking application for building large personal knowledge bases with rich editing, search, organization, and self-hosted sync.
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Wiki
28,765
Knowledge Management
Wiki.js is a self-hostable, open-source wiki for creating, organizing, and maintaining team documentation through a modern Node.js web application.
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Platform
27,357
Knowledge Management
Huly is an open-source platform for project management, team communication, CRM, HRM, ATS, and related business applications, with self-hosted deployment.
Z
Zulip
25,717
Knowledge Management
Zulip is an open-source team chat application that organizes live and asynchronous conversations into topic-based threads for focused collaboration.
D
Docmost
21,372
Knowledge Management
Docmost is open-source collaborative wiki software for creating, organizing, searching, and maintaining team documentation with real-time editing, comments.
B
BookStack
18,987
Knowledge Management
BookStack is a self-hosted documentation platform for storing, organizing, and maintaining information in a simple, structured workspace for teams and other.
D
Docs
16,725
Knowledge Management
Docs is an open-source web editor for teams to create, organize, and share structured knowledge collaboratively, with real-time editing and self-hosted data.
O
Openproject
15,857
Knowledge Management
OpenProject is open-source project management software for planning portfolios, coordinating tasks, tracking roadmaps, and supporting team collaboration.
G
Gollum
14,313
Knowledge Management
Gollum is a Git-powered wiki for creating, organizing, editing, and serving durable documentation pages through a built-in local web interface.
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Note-gen
12,636
Knowledge Management
NoteGen is a local-first Markdown app for capturing notes, media, and links, then organizing them with AI into editable documents, searchable knowledge.
L
Leantime
11,356
Knowledge Management
Leantime is an open-source project management system combining goals, planning, task execution, timelines, dashboards, and team collaboration in one workspace.
B
Blinko
10,872
Knowledge Management
Blinko is a self-hosted AI note-taking app for quickly capturing ideas as Markdown text, organizing them, and retrieving them with natural-language search.
A
App
6,583
Knowledge Management
Standard Notes is an encrypted cross-platform note-taking app for capturing and syncing private notes and files across devices, with self-hosting support.
S
Silverbullet
5,854
Knowledge Management
SilverBullet is a self-hosted Markdown knowledge database with wiki links, live preview, queries, tasks, and Lua scripting for programmable personal notes.
C
Colanode
5,015
Knowledge Management
Colanode is an open-source, local-first collaboration workspace for team chat, rich-text pages, wikis, databases, files, and self-hosted data control.
D
Dokuwiki
4,699
Knowledge Management
DokuWiki is an open-source wiki engine for creating, organizing, and maintaining shared documentation in a user-controlled knowledge base or team wiki.
E
Ever-gauzy
4,327
Knowledge Management
Ever Gauzy is an open business-management platform combining project and task management with CRM, ERP, HRM, time tracking, dashboards, reporting, and.
G
GitJournal
4,204
Knowledge Management
GitJournal is a mobile-first Markdown note-taking app that stores notes in Git repositories, supporting privacy, portability, journaling, and user-controlled.
O
OpenKB
3,777
Knowledge Management
OpenKB compiles documents into an interconnected wiki for searching, chatting, browsing, and generating cited answers, skills, graphs, and slide decks.
O
OpenDeepWiki
3,529
Knowledge Management
OpenDeepWiki turns repositories into searchable AI-generated documentation with public web pages, chat, MCP access, translations, mind maps, and administration.
O
Open-knowledge
3,466
Knowledge Management
OpenKnowledge is a local-first markdown editor and AI-native wiki for creating, organizing, searching, and sharing notes and knowledge bases.
M
MrDoc
3,229
Knowledge Management
MrDoc is a self-hosted online document and knowledge-management platform for individuals and small teams, with Markdown writing, collaboration, permissions.
F
Flatnotes
3,179
Knowledge Management
Flatnotes is a self-hosted web note-taking app that stores notes as Markdown files, with tagging, full-text search, editing, linking, and responsive access.
C
CommunityServer
3,155
Knowledge Management
ONLYOFFICE Groups is an open-source collaborative platform for managing documents, projects, clients, emails, tasks, milestones, Gantt charts, and team content.
W
Worklenz
3,147
Knowledge Management
Worklenz is an open-source project management platform for planning projects, tracking tasks, scheduling resources, collaborating, and monitoring delivery with.
L
Laravel-gitscrum
2,908
Knowledge Management
GitScrum is an open-source project management platform for organizing workspaces, tasks, user stories, sprints, milestones, and team collaboration.
N
NoteDiscovery
2,746
Knowledge Management
Self-hosted knowledge-base app for writing, organizing, searching, and linking Markdown notes with themes, templates, graph views, sharing, and AI integration.
W
Whitebophir
2,632
Knowledge Management
WBO is a self-hostable collaborative whiteboard where users draw together in real time on persistent virtual boards for teaching, design, and diagrams.
C
Community
2,415
Knowledge Management
Documize is a self-hosted knowledge-management platform for creating, organizing, and maintaining internal and external documentation with collaborative pages.
A
Alexandrie
2,326
Knowledge Management
Self-hosted knowledge base for organizing, searching, sharing, and exporting Markdown notes with offline access, team workspaces, and granular permissions.
Z
Zennotes
2,308
Knowledge Management
ZenNotes is a keyboard-first Markdown notes app for writing, organizing, searching, and previewing local files, with tasks, daily notes, diagrams, and.
M
Matterwiki
2,094
Knowledge Management
Matterwiki is a self-hosted team wiki for organizing company knowledge, documentation, notes, culture guidelines, and onboarding content collaboratively.
T
TidGi-Desktop
2,000
Knowledge Management
TidGi is a local-first desktop knowledge-management and note-taking app built on TiddlyWiki, with Git backups, plugins, and blog deployment.
A
AppFlowy-Cloud
1,986
Knowledge Management
AppFlowy Cloud is an open-core collaborative workspace for teams, combining wikis, projects, AI features, real-time editing, page publishing, and self-hosted.
A
Atomic
1,891
Knowledge Management
Atomic is a self-hosted knowledge base that turns Markdown notes into linked, searchable articles with AI synthesis, semantic search, chat, and visual graph.
P
Paca
1,723
Knowledge Management
Paca is a self-hosted project management platform where humans and AI agents plan, execute, and review work together on configurable Scrum boards.
H
Haptic
1,694
Knowledge Management
Haptic is an open-source, local-first markdown note-taking app for creating and managing private notes through desktop and self-hosted web interfaces.
U
Umlet
1,601
Knowledge Management
UMLet is an open-source UML diagramming tool for quickly creating, customizing, exporting, and sharing UML diagrams through a simple user interface.
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Llmwiki
1,500
Knowledge Management
LLM Wiki turns documents, notes, and web clips into a searchable, AI-maintained wiki with citations, linked pages, and local or hosted deployment options.
R
Reflect-open
1,421
Knowledge Management
Reflect is a local-first Markdown note-taking app with daily notes, wiki links, backlinks, fast local search, optional AI, and file-based sync.
A
Anchor
1,222
Knowledge Management
Anchor is a self-hostable, offline-first note-taking app for creating, organizing, searching, sharing, and syncing rich multimedia notes across web and mobile.
E
Edgeever
1,171
Knowledge Management
EdgeEver is an open-source notes workspace for capturing, organizing, searching, syncing, and sharing rich notes across devices with AI and web clipping.
C
Crowi
1,099
Knowledge Management
Crowi is a self-hostable Markdown wiki for team knowledge sharing, with hierarchical pages, real-time editing, search, and a web frontend for teams.
C
Crossnote-app
1,087
Knowledge Management
Crossnote is a local-first web notebook for writing and reading Markdown notes stored in the browser or local folders, with offline use and Git sync.
L
Leafwiki
1,042
Knowledge Management
LeafWiki is a self-hosted wiki for structured, durable documentation, with Markdown pages, tree navigation, search, links, access roles, and a lightweight Go,.
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Notabase
910
Knowledge Management
Notabase is an open-source personal knowledge base for linking, organizing, editing, searching, and browsing notes across devices with cloud sync.
L
Lumina-Note
907
Knowledge Management
Lumina Note is a local-first Markdown desktop note app with linked knowledge graphs, PDF tools, and an AI agent for organizing and enriching vaults.
E
Eclaire
897
Knowledge Management
Eclaire is a local-first, self-hosted AI workspace for organizing notes, documents, photos, bookmarks, and tasks with private data processing.
M
MdSilo-app
849
Knowledge Management
mdSilo is a local-first knowledge base and note-taking app for writing, linking, organizing, and exploring ideas across Markdown files with graphs.
R
Raven
750
Knowledge Management
Raven is an open-source team messaging platform for channels, direct messages, file sharing, threaded discussions, and Frappe-based business integrations.
O
Openflowkit
703
Knowledge Management
OpenFlowKit is a local-first visual diagramming studio for flowcharts and architecture maps, with AI generation, code synchronization, structured imports, and.
4
4gaBoards
689
Knowledge Management
4ga Boards is a self-hostable web platform for realtime kanban project management, organizing projects, boards, lists, cards, and tasks with team collaboration.
S
Sage-wiki
582
Knowledge Management
sage-wiki turns documents into an interlinked, searchable knowledge wiki with graph-based, cited answers for people and AI agents, locally or on a team server.
E
Ever-teams
543
Knowledge Management
Ever Teams is an open work and project management platform for teams, combining projects, tasks, issues, time tracking, productivity metrics, and integrations.
B
Beever-atlas
440
Knowledge Management
Beever Atlas turns team chat into a cited, self-maintaining wiki with searchable topic pages, entity graphs, and natural-language answers for teams.
S
Scrumboy
429
Knowledge Management
Scrumboy is a self-hosted project management app with Kanban boards, issue tracking, sprints, workflows, collaboration, voice commands, and automation.
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Wiki
426
Knowledge Management
Frappe Wiki is an open-source web wiki for creating, organizing, publishing, and maintaining documentation and knowledge-base content with controlled updates.
P
Plainpad
422
Knowledge Management
Plainpad is a self-hosted note-taking application that lets users run a simple personal notes service on their own server with Docker-based deployment.
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Valour
393
Knowledge Management
Valour is an open-source community platform combining real-time chat, persistent threads, searchable wikis, voice channels, roles, permissions, and community.
A
AppFlowy-Web
315
Knowledge Management
AppFlowy is an open-source collaborative workspace for team wikis, rich documents, projects, tasks, databases, and AI-assisted content management.
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Zametek.ProjectPlan
237
Knowledge Management
Open-source cross-platform desktop software for creating, planning, tracking, importing, and analyzing project plans, with chart exports and a scripting CLI.
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Webobsidian
226
Knowledge Management
WebObsidian is a self-hosted web and desktop Markdown notes app with search, wikilinks, graphs, GitHub sync, sharing, and an AI agent API for vaults.
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Kuku
203
Knowledge Management
Kuku is a local-first macOS Markdown workspace for private note vaults, connected wikis, graph navigation, AI-assisted editing, and encrypted sync.
How to choose open-source Knowledge Management software
Start with the workflow you need to replace, then compare feature coverage, deployment documentation, project activity, data portability, and support. Repository popularity is useful context, but it should not outweigh fit or the project's maintenance history.
Capabilities and use cases
Across the reviewed tools, common documented capabilities include Connected note vault creation, Local data storage, Collaborative knowledge pages from draft to maintained team reference, Graph and full-text search, Cross-device multimedia note capture and retrieval, Team knowledge-base pages from capture to shared source of truth, Collaborative documents, Advanced and AI-powered search. Verify the exact workflow on each profile before migrating production data.
Licensing considerations
Licenses represented in this category include AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0, BSD-2-Clause, EPL-2.0, GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0, MIT, MPL-2.0. Check redistribution, modification, and hosted-service obligations against your intended use.
Self-hosting tradeoffs
69 of 69 reviewed tools are confirmed as self-hostable, and 45 document Docker support. Compare upgrade, backup, monitoring, and security work alongside hosting cost.