Docmost is a collaborative wiki and documentation software.
Designed for seamless real-time collaboration, multiple users can work on the same page at the same time in real-time without overwriting each other.
Docmost is an open-source alternative to the likes of Notion and Confluence. Whether you’re managing a wiki, a knowledge base, or extensive project documentation, Docmost provides the tools you need to create, collaborate, and share knowledge effortlessly.
Docmost has support for Spaces. You can create Spaces for different teams, projects, or departments depending on your needs. Each Space comes with its own permissions.
The rich text editor has support for markdown shortcuts.
Key Features
- Real-time collaboration.
- Diagrams (Draw.io, Excalidraw and Mermaid).
- Spaces.
- Permissions management.
- Groups.
- Comments.
- Page history.
- Search.
- File attachments.
- Embeds (Airtable, Loom, Miro and more).
- Translations (10+ languages).
Website: github.com/docmost/docmost
Support:
Developer: Docmost
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

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