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Docs

Open-source alternative toNNotion CConfluence CCraft

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.

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16,725

HostingSelf-hostable

LicenseMIT

LanguagePython

Last commitAug 14, 2026

Latest releaseJul 9, 2026

Release frequency2.0 per month

Contributors81

Stars16,725

Forks614

Issues398

What it does

La Suite Docs is an open-source, web-native collaborative editor for teams and organizations. It supports rich-text and Markdown editing, structured documents and subpages, hierarchical knowledge organization, searchable content, comments, sharing, live cursors, presence, and granular access control. Offline editing and document import/export are also documented.

Optional model- and gateway-agnostic AI features can rewrite, summarize, translate, and correct selected text, with a beta AI toolbar and cursor workflow. Docs includes presentation mode, PDF exports, resource-server and server-to-server APIs, and an example for importing Meet transcripts. The complete product can be self-hosted using Kubernetes or Docker Compose, with local development documented through Docker and Docker Compose.

Capabilities

#Team knowledge-base pages from capture to shared source of truth

#Collaborative documents

#Collaborative knowledge pages from draft to maintained team reference

#Live document collaboration

#Workspace search and answers

#Templates and AI-assisted drafting

#Verified internal knowledge-base documents

#Collaborative document editing

#Document access controls

#Note-to-shareable-document workflow

Categories

#Document Collaboration #AI Assistants #Project Management #Knowledge Management #Search Engines #Digital Whiteboards

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