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Docmost

Free (self-hosted) / $5/user/mo (cloud)
4.5/5

Open-source collaborative wiki for teams with real-time editing and zero-cost self-hosting.

Why founders use Docmost

Real-time collaboration
Hierarchical page structure
Diagram embedding
Attachments and file search
Role-based permissions
Page history and versioning
Full-text search
Teams and spaces

The Good

Real-time collaborative editing
Lightweight and fast
Diagram support (Excalidraw, Mermaid, Draw.io)
Notion importer built-in
MIT & AGPL licensing options
Active development and growing community

The Bad

Fewer integrations than Confluence
Team features require self-hosting for free tier
Mobile app still in development

The Verdict

Docmost is a modern open-source wiki platform designed as a lightweight alternative to Confluence and Notion for teams. It offers real-time collaborative editing, hierarchical page structures, role-based permissions, and a beautiful WYSIWYG editor. Unlike Confluence's enterprise pricing, Docmost is completely free to self-host and requires only basic infrastructure.\n\nWith 18,000+ GitHub stars, Docmost is rapidly gaining traction in the indie hacker community. It supports diagrams (Excalidraw, Draw.io, Mermaid), file attachments, full-text search, and page version history. Teams appreciate its fast performance, intuitive interface, and focus on documentation over general-purpose productivity.

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