Open source alternatives to Confluence

2 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what Confluence does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Confluence does

  1. Team wiki with nested pagescore
  2. Collaborative document editingcore
  3. Spaces for teams and projects
  4. Templates
  5. Comments and page history
  6. Jira integration
  7. Search across pages

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

ProjectCoversStarsCommits, 12 weeksLast releaseClosed vs openedSetupLicense
docsCollaborative real-time wiki and document editor built on Django and React Replaces it78%17k+14
428
 19 days ago100% Needs a server MIT
Covers all 2 core jobs. Not shown: Spaces for teams and projects; Jira integration.See the evidence
  • Team wiki with nested pagescoreYesNest documents into sub-docs and hierarchies
  • Collaborative document editingcoreYesReal-time collaboration
  • Spaces for teams and projectsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • TemplatesYesStart from ready-made templates for common use cases
  • Comments and page historyYesRoll back to any earlier state of a document
  • Jira integrationNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Search across pagesYesFind any document in seconds
outlineTeam knowledge base with real-time collaborative editing and markdown support Replaces it72%41k+70
775
 22 days ago100% Hosted version Custom license
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Spaces for teams and projects; Comments and page history; Jira integration. Not shown: Templates.See the evidence
  • Team wiki with nested pagescoreYesA fast, collaborative, knowledge base for your team
  • Collaborative document editingcoreYesCollaborate with team mates on documents in realtime.
  • Spaces for teams and projectsPartlyManage the knowledge base with read write permissions, user groups
  • TemplatesNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Comments and page historyPartlyComments threads keep conversations organized.
  • Jira integrationPartlySimple integrations into tools you use every day
  • Search across pagesYesSearch across your workspace instantly

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