Docmost is a collaborative documentation platform designed for teams preparing shared reference material, onboarding guides and project knowledge bases. The interface is organised around spaces, allowing content and permissions to be separated by team or subject.
Contributors work in a rich-text editor with Markdown shortcuts and can edit a shared page together without having to coordinate separate copies. Its combination of page history, discussion and visual content makes it useful when maintaining living documents that multiple people need to improve over time.
Docmost is intended for teams that want to write together rather than pass document files between colleagues. Contributors can work within departmental or project areas, discuss individual pages and use embedded visual material when a written explanation is insufficient. Its model is particularly relevant to onboarding documentation, internal policies and shared technical runbooks.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Edit the same page simultaneously with real-time collaborative updates.
- Create separate spaces for teams, departments or projects.
- Manage access using permissions, users and groups.
- Insert diagrams using supported integrations, including Draw.io and Excalidraw.
- Embed Mermaid diagrams and other supported visual content.
- Comment on pages to discuss corrections and additions.
- Access page history when reviewing previous revisions.
- Find content through built-in search.
- Attach files and add supported third-party embeds.
- Use translated interfaces for international teams.
Website: github.com/docmost/docmost
Support:
Developer: Docmost contributors
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Docmost is written in TypeScript. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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