Alexandrie vs Focalboard

Comparing two open source alternatives to Notion. 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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Focalboard

AGPL-3.0

Focalboard is an open-source, self-hosted project management tool — a free alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana for boards, docs, and team planning across every workflow.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Alexandrie	Focalboard
License	MIT	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	2,784	26,491
Forks	200	2,584
Open Issues	40	784
Last Commit	Sep 24, 2026	May 18, 2026
First Released	Aug 21, 2022	Oct 6, 2020
Categories	Wiki Software	Time & Task Management Tools Knowledge Management Tools Collaboration & Communication Tools
Tags	#self hosted #markdown #wiki #pwa #note taking	#kanban #project management #collaboration #docker #self hosted

GitHub stars over time

Alexandrie2,784

Focalboard

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