AppFlowy icon
AppFlowy icon

AppFlowy

Open-source workspace offering complete data control, deep customization via themes, plugins, and templates, native multi-platform support using Flutter and Rust, offline access, privacy features, collaborative tools, and easy extensibility for all users.

AppFlowy screenshot 1

Cost / License

  • Freemium (Subscription)
  • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Self-Hosted
  • Snapcraft
  • Rust
  • Flathub
AppFlowy screenshot 1
AppFlowy screenshot 2
+2
AppFlowy screenshot 3
AppFlowy alternatives  
217likes
167alternatives
4articles
Save

Features

Properties

Features

 Tags

Highlights All activities

AppFlowy News & Activities

Recent News

Recent activities

Ad
Screenshot
Notion icon
Notion

Streamline teamwork with real-time collaboration, drag-and-drop content organization, and visual simplicity across notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.

 
Learn More

Comments and Reviews

   
Comment summary: AppFlowy shows promise with smooth performance, privacy focus, and open-source foundations (Rust and Dart). Users praise its potential as a Notion alternative but note missing basic features, some bugs, and limitations such as lack of tags and advanced reminders. Concerns include restrictive commercial licensing for team/on-premise use and high self-hosting costs. Usability issues and editor limitations also affect user satisfaction.
Top Positive Comment
Pepexl
7

It simply has the potential to be the successor of Notion.

Top Negative Comment
davidmach14
1

Limited on-premise team use for this open-source project; requires a commercial license.

brickelt963-altto
0

I don’t think I’ve ever got used to Notion enough to feel the need to get used to AppFlowy, but it’s clear that it’s a very good alternative, based on what I’ve been able to try out.

Mayur Mahajan
0
Developer Relations Engineer at Appflowy Inc

AppFlowy contributor here, I think it is the perfect Notion alternative for most organizations and individuals who want to control their data. Of Course there may be some features where Notion has edge, but AppFlowy is closing the gap soon.

Baianor
0

It feels a bit laggy on online mode (which may be my machine's fault) but you can't simply import your data to the offline database. Imports only work in their servers.

IWishToRemainAnonymous
1

They added insane pricing for Self Hosting, only allowing 1 for all but team plan, meaning for use with my family I have to pay 60$ per month for 6 users. When I am hosting on my own hardware, and not using their AI crap.

Also the editor is still garbage and not following basic keybinds for text editing. cmd/ctrl + left or right should not take me to the beginning of the line but jump word for word.

I had really high hopes for AppFlowy, but it is not worth the cost or time I have put into this app. I guess I once again is looking for a documentation and collaboration tool, that I can use with my family.

annieappflowy
Replying to @IWishToRemainAnonymous

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We would like to clarify a couple of points regarding text navigation and our self-hosted plans. In AppFlowy documents (both desktop and web), pressing Cmd/Ctrl + Left/Right moves the cursor to the beginning or end of the current block (or line). AppFlowy Self-hosted Cloud is designed for teams and enterprises that want data control and modular components tailored to their own infrastructure. It includes a Free tier suitable for testing or individual use, which comes with: 1 User Seat (per instance); Up to 3 Guest Editors who can collaborate on selected pages in real time; AppFlowy Web App access; Version History; Unlimited Workspaces and page publishing. We appreciate your high hopes for AppFlowy, and we are continuously working to improve the editor experience and flexibility for our community.

annieappflowy
Replying to @IWishToRemainAnonymous

Administrators of self-hosted AppFlowy instances can toggle AI features on or off from the admin panel. This is useful for organizations with data privacy requirements or those that prefer not to use AI capabilities. When disabled, all AI-powered options are hidden from the user interface.

Note to the maintainer/moderator: This review contains factual inaccuracies regarding both the application's core text-editing shortcuts and our self-hosted capabilities. Because this misleading information could confuse other users looking for reliable documentation, we kindly request that the reviewer update their comment, or that the moderator consider removing this review in accordance with platform guidelines regarding factual accuracy. Thank you for your time and assistance.

poelzi
0

Good potential, but they ignore basic features like #tags that every other program supports. Maybe it will become usable when they start fixing the bugs people upvote. I so wish I could finally drop logseq

7 of 13 comments

Featured in Lists

DeMicrosoft Your Life

How are you? In this list I bring you a variety of alternative software to those from Microsoft, and also that these free and open source programs So enjoy this list! (I will be updating it every day)
By AxelFOSS140 appsUpdated

Privacy Services (WIP)

some privacy services. mostly taken from https://github.com/pluja/awesome-privacy, but I also take other suggestions.
By Limen192 appsUpdated

Privacy Productivity

A list with 15 apps by littlebighorse without a description.
By littlebighorse15 appsUpdated

Official Links

AppStores & Other Links

Download from Google Play Store
Download from iPhone App Store

Install from the command line

  • winget install -e --id AppFlowy.AppFlowy
  • flatpak install flathub io.appflowy.AppFlowy

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is AppFlowy?

AppFlowy is an open source alternative to Notion icon Notion. You are in charge of your data and customizations.

Built for teams that need more control and flexibility

  1. 100% data control: You can host AppFlowy wherever you want; no vendor lock-in.
  2. Unlimited customizations: Design and modify AppFlowy your way with an open core codebase.
  3. One codebase supporting multiple platforms: AppFlowy is built with Flutter and Rust. What does this mean? Faster development, better native experience, and more reliable performance.

Built for individuals who care about data security and mobile experience

  1. 100% control of your data: Download and install AppFlowy on your local machine. You own and control your personal data.
  2. Extensively extensible: For those with no coding experience, AppFlowy enables you to create apps that suit your needs. It's built on a community-driven toolbox, including templates, plugins, themes, and more.
  3. Truely native experience: Faster, more stable with support for offline mode. It's also better integrated with different devices. Moreover, AppFlowy enables users to access features and possibilities not available on the web.

Community for hackers. Community for creators. Community for builders.

  1. Let’s democratize the knowledge and wheels of making complex workplace collaboration tools

It takes tremendous resources and expertise to build a great collaborative productivity tool. Don’t reinvent the wheels, let’s create the best open-source building blocks as infra to power others.

  1. We collaboratively create apps that suit others’ needs by developing a versatile toolbox of plugins, templates, and more

Join us to build a toolbox that empowers anyone to create their own system - play and tweak without a glass ceiling on what’s possible.

AppFlowy information

AlternativeTo Categories

Office & Productivity, Education & Reference, Development, Social & Communications, Business & Commerce, Remote Work & Education

Apple AppStore

  •   Updated 
  •   4.24 avg rating
View in AppStore

GitHub repository

  •  77,471 Stars
  •  6,077 Forks
  •  1036 Open Issues
  •   Updated  
View on GitHub

Popular alternatives

View all

Our users have written 13 comments and reviews about AppFlowy, and it has gotten 217 likes

AppFlowy was added to AlternativeTo by Paul on and this page was last updated .