Docmost

A collaborative wiki and documentation tool for teams, an alternative to Confluence and Notion, with real-time editing, spaces, permissions and diagrams.

22.2k stars, 1.7k forks TypeScript On GitHub since August 2023

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What is Docmost?

Docmost lets teams write documentation together in real time, organized in spaces with groups and permissions. Pages support comments, history, file attachments, embeds from Airtable, Loom, Miro and others, and diagrams drawn with Draw.io, Excalidraw or Mermaid. Search covers the whole workspace. It runs with Docker next to PostgreSQL and Redis, and the interface is available in more than ten languages.

Good fit if

  • You want a self-hosted Confluence replacement with modern editing.
  • You draw architecture or process diagrams inside your docs.

Look elsewhere if

  • You need an MIT-licensed wiki with a simple book structure: BookStack.
  • You want a personal knowledge base rather than a team wiki: Trilium Notes.

Before you adopt it

The Docmost core is AGPL-3.0, while enterprise features in the ee directories require a paid enterprise license. A small core team writes most of the code.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

Docmost health: is it still maintained?

72 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    124 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 1 November 2026.
    25 / 30
  • Contributors
    4 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 88% of them.
    6 / 20
  • Releases
    15 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v0.97.0, on 25 October 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 61% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 20 hours.
    17 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

Docmost license: is it open source?

Docmost uses AGPL-3.0, an open-source license approved by the OSI. Some features sit under a separate paid license inside the same repository.

  1. August 2023First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayAGPL-3.0, with paid parts: directory apps/client/src/ee/; directory packages/ee/; separate license packages/ee/LICENSE; separate license packages/base-formula/LICENSE.

How to run Docmost yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
docker-compose.yml: 3 services (postgres, redis)
Setup effort
2 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
11 languages

Install instructions: docmost.com or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about Docmost

Is Docmost open source?

Yes. Docmost is published under AGPL-3.0, an OSI-approved open-source license. Some features are kept under a separate paid license in the same repository.

Is Docmost still maintained?

Its health score is 72 of 100 (actively developed). It had 124 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 1 November 2026, and its latest release came out on 25 October 2026.

How do I run Docmost?

You can run it with Docker. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to Docmost?

Close alternatives in the Notes & knowledge bases category include Docs (La Suite), AFFiNE, AppFlowy.