AFFiNE
Open-source, privacy-focused workspace combining note-taking, project and task management, Kanban board, interactive whiteboard, Pomodoro timer, Markdown support, offline access, real-time team collaboration with @mentions, goal tracking, subtasks, and customizable features.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Lightweight
Features
- Team Collaboration
- Support for MarkDown
- Interactive Whiteboard
- Real time collaboration
- Ad-free
- Dark Mode
- Kanban Board
- Handwritten Notes
- Goal Tracking
- Works Offline
- Cloud Sync
- Pomodoro Timer
- Hierarchical Structure
- Support for @mentions
- Subtasks
- Handwriting
- Self-hosted
- Rust
Tags
- local-first
- semantic
- yjs
- nx-workspace
- editor-plugin
- affine
- block-editor
AFFiNE News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
Chloe_Builds added AFFiNE as alternative to Soma AI Notes
Luke3422 added AFFiNE as alternative to SprintFlint- hypremacy updated AFFiNE
- alternativeto-symphonic reviewed AFFiNE
The app is cool and pretty functional, especially for it being in early stages.
HOWEVER, in order to sync your data you have to create an account and use their cloud service. As per their privacy policy they collect and share your name, email address, and phone number, device information, ip address, and gps data.
- NeilFR reviewed AFFiNE
Well, yes Notion alternative. FOSS is very good. BUT: -Miro alternative?
- Not that close. With the current 0.15 canary, there is not much we can say about the Edgeless mode(which compared to the Miro) Missing many UX, the UX isn't comfortable.
- You want to change the zoom_step level because who wants to zoom in and out 25%? Look at Miro. look at Excalidraw, their zoom step is only 5% (Miro has some interesting zoom_step based on current zoom_level calculations). Because it's FOSS you...
- TBayAreaPat reviewed AFFiNE
I like the Split View and the Journal. Had issues getting a template to download/install. You can drag/drop images, but context menu doesn't work in notes, so it's Ctrl-V vs paste. Biggest drawback is no Android App. But AFFiNE offers cloud backup functionalities. From Brave AI: "AFFiNE supports syncing notes and files to cloud storage services like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, or Nextcloud in an encrypted format."
- Maoholguin updated AFFiNE
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What is AFFiNE?
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Notion / and 
Miro. Affine is a next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together. Privacy first, open-source, customizable and ready to use.
AFFiNE is the all-in-one workspace where you can write, draw and plan just about anything - Blend the power of Notion and Miro to enable dynamic note-taking, tasks, visualized mindmaps and presentations. All you need for productivity and creativity is here!
It is not only a block docs but also a visual learning/collaboration tool merged together. In short, it is a next-gen semantic knowledge base that put your planning, sorting, and creating of content together.
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AFFiNE information
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Open Source and Freemium product.Pricing
Subscription that costs from $6 per month + free version with limited functionality.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 3.3Alternatives
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Comments and Reviews
While AFFiNE is privacy-focused as a standalone product, their AI service raises privacy concerns. The core product without AI is excellent for privacy-conscious users. However, according to their AI terms:
If you're looking for a private alternative to Notion/Miro, use AFFiNE without the AI features. The base product respects privacy, but the AI service doesn't meet privacy-focused standards.
The app is cool and pretty functional, especially for it being in early stages.
HOWEVER, in order to sync your data you have to create an account and use their cloud service. As per their privacy policy they collect and share your name, email address, and phone number, device information, ip address, and gps data.
I'm using joplin with joplin server, I have tested obsidian and appflowy. Affine is the only one who has convinced me ! Easy, open source, easy self hostable, whiteboard with handwriten note. Yeah, it's in dev and all features are not here, but it's usable.
It can't truly be used as open-source software, and is of Chinese origin. Very slow compared to alternatives. Development has been very slow over the years, so it was hype at first, then userbase lost interest.
I like the Split View and the Journal. Had issues getting a template to download/install. You can drag/drop images, but context menu doesn't work in notes, so it's Ctrl-V vs paste. Biggest drawback is no Android App. But AFFiNE offers cloud backup functionalities. From Brave AI: "AFFiNE supports syncing notes and files to cloud storage services like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, or Nextcloud in an encrypted format."
Well, yes Notion alternative. FOSS is very good. BUT: -Miro alternative?
I almost believe that I had found the holy grail of computer programs!
It's almost there! But unfortunately, for advanced users in information research, data collection and sources. This program will not do.
For the simple reason of not attaching files.
Even attaching the file, to open it is necessary to download it, as if it were a conventional download, and this is a serious defect of the program.
If this program is able to create a preview portal for any attached file. Be it a website, a internet video, an internet image... and... consequently... a doc, a pdf, an xlx, dot, mp4, mkv, mp3, etc... if this application comes to have this functionality it will become the holy grail of all computer programs.