docmost
by docmost
Docmost is a collaborative wiki and documentation tool that lets teams write, organise and search shared pages together in real time. It is used to build an internal knowledge base or public documentation as an alternative to Confluence or Notion.
- Stars
- 22.1k
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Runs on
- A small server
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- TypeScript
- Age
- 1180 days
What you can do with it
- Write and edit documents together with colleagues in real time
- Organise pages into spaces with groups and permissions
- Add diagrams (Draw.io, Excalidraw, Mermaid), comments, attachments and embeds to pages
Could replace
- Confluence
- Notion
- Quip
Our suggestion based on what it does, not a feature-by-feature comparison.
Make money with it
A freelancer could set up and maintain Docmost knowledge bases for small companies as a paid service.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Replace paid Confluence or Notion subscriptions with a self-hosted company wiki
- Publish internal procedures and client onboarding guides in one searchable place
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use. Anything you distribute that includes it must be open-sourced under the same licence. Running it as an online service also counts, so a hosted version must offer its source.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
The README points to the online documentation for self-hosting instructions, which typically involve Docker, or you can use the paid cloud version.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- AGPL-3.0 licence has obligations if you modify and offer it as a network service
- Some enterprise features are under a separate paid licence
- Self-hosting instructions are not in the README
Who's talking about it
- Tech Basket (Sumit): 20 Best Self-Hosted Alternatives to Popular SaaS Apps Featured in a roundup
Checked 27 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
