Huly vs Outline

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

Huly

AGPL-3.0

All-in-one open source platform that combines project management, CRM, chat, HR, and wiki as an alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, and Notion.

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Outline

BSL-1.1

The fastest growing-team knowledge base — beautiful, realtime collaborative, feature packed, and markdown compatible Notion and Confluence alternative.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Huly	Outline
License	AGPL-3.0	BSL-1.1
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	28,043	41,162
Forks	2,187	3,652
Open Issues	727	67
Last Commit	Nov 2, 2026	Nov 3, 2026
First Released	Aug 2, 2021	May 22, 2016
Categories	Project Management Team Chat & Messaging Tools Wiki Software Customer Relationship Management Tools	Wiki Software
Tags	—	#wiki #collaboration #knowledge-base

GitHub stars over time

Huly28,043

Outline

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