Alexandrie vs Docmost

Comparing two open source alternatives to Confluence. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Alexandrie

MIT

Self-hosted knowledge base with extended Markdown editor, Kanban, OIDC/SSO, PWA and offline support.

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Docmost

AGPL-3.0

Open-source collaborative wiki and documentation platform, an alternative to Confluence and Notion.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Alexandrie	Docmost
License	MIT	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	2,784	21,867
Forks	200	1,598
Open Issues	40	354
Last Commit	Sep 24, 2026	Oct 4, 2026
First Released	Aug 21, 2022	Aug 3, 2023
Categories	Wiki Software	Wiki Software Internal Knowledge Base
Tags	#self hosted #markdown #wiki #pwa #note taking	#self hosted #documentation #collaboration #wiki #markdown

GitHub stars over time

Alexandrie2,784

Docmost

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