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AFFiNE icon

AFFiNE

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There can be more than Notion / and Miro. Affine is a next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together.

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License model

  • FreemiumOpen Source

Country of Origin

  • CN flagChina

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Online
  • Self-Hosted
3.3 / 5 Avg rating (9)
91likes
7comments
0news articles

Features

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Team Collaboration
  2.  Support for MarkDown
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  Dark Mode
  5.  Goal Tracking
  6.  Real time collaboration
  7.  Kanban Board
  8.  Pomodoro Timer
  9.  Cloud Sync
  10.  Hierarchical Structure
  11.  Works Offline
  12.  Handwritten Notes
  13.  Subtasks
  14.  Support for @mentions
  15.  Interactive Whiteboard
  16.  Rust

 Tags

  • local-first
  • yjs
  • semantic
  • affine
  • block-editor
  • nx-workspace
  • editor-plugin

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  • Fefuchs and anchovylatte liked AFFiNE
    about 18 hours ago
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    Maoholguin added AFFiNE as alternative to Kinopio
    13 days ago
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    21 days ago
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    bieblebrox added AFFiNE as alternative to Parmind
    24 days ago
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    j-simonazzi added AFFiNE as alternative to Pivot.app
    25 days ago
  • Guest thinks Dark Mode is a important feature of AFFiNE
    about 1 month ago
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    flounderingeel added AFFiNE as alternative to TriliumNext
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AFFiNE information

  • Developed by

    CN flagToeverything
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Freemium product.
  • Pricing

    Subscription that costs from $6 per month + free version with limited functionality.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.3
  • Alternatives

    112 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

Office & ProductivityRemote Work & EducationSocial & CommunicationsBusiness & Commerce

GitHub repository

  •  50,729 Stars
  •  3,358 Forks
  •  160 Open Issues
  •   Updated May 14, 2025 
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Our users have written 7 comments and reviews about AFFiNE, and it has gotten 91 likes

AFFiNE was added to AlternativeTo by affine2022 on Aug 5, 2022 and this page was last updated Mar 18, 2025.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Vicky
Nov 19, 2024
2

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:

  • Data sent to AI is not anonymized
  • User information is shared with third-party AI model providers
  • No opt-out option for model training
  • They explicitly state they 'may use data from your AI usage to improve models'
  • Users are advised to avoid entering sensitive/confidential content

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.

Top Negative Comment
alternativeto-symphonic
Mar 3, 2024
7

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.

TBayAreaPat
Feb 28, 2025
0

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."

NeilFR
Jun 17, 2024
3

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 can just go fork the repo and make change right? Well yeah, but also no. Because it's not "WORK OFFLINE" even if you make a change and build the app for local use, you can't because you have to set up another docker server so it can be used. (Basically, you self-host the entire Affine industry) I wish it just went with like what Obsidian does, store the file in markdown and...(maybe not that performance) work offline with just my laptop...
  • Anyway, it's still in the early stage, if you have OCD I don't recommend this to you. - But again, we don't even have many options. Obsidian with Excalidraw? Not even. Miro? Online and idk 3 are limited for free users. Notion? No Miro(whiteboard).
  • Maybe 5 or 10 years later someone gonna make a all in one. Until then. I have to use 3 apps at once. Miro, Obsidian, Notion.
  • Also, you don't have to log in to use Affine, just skip that and use the local workspace. (You have to manually export and sync the workspace offen)
gleycon
Oct 23, 2023
1

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.

DogmaDragon
May 4, 2023
-13

Version: 0.5.4-canary.21

Want to see what we are working on? The Canary version is unstable and not recommended for production use.

cel
Feb 27, 2024

Canary is intended to be testing purpose only --"

tuqueque
Apr 29, 2023
2

I've been looking for almost a year for a good FOSS alternative to Notion. I'm so happy I finally found the perfect one!

Mauricio B. Holguin
Mar 8, 2024

That's what we are here for!

What is AFFiNE?

There can be more than Notion icon Notion / and Miro icon 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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