Jotty vs Outline

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

Jotty

AGPL-3.0

Lightweight self-hosted app for managing personal file-based notes and checklists.

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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

	Jotty	Outline
License	AGPL-3.0	BSL-1.1
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	2,007	40,632
Forks	115	3,570
Open Issues	78	76
Last Commit	Sep 19, 2026	Sep 19, 2026
First Released	Aug 11, 2025	May 22, 2016
Categories	Note Taking & Knowledge Management Tools	Wiki Software
Tags	#note taking #self hosted #homelab	#wiki #collaboration #knowledge-base

GitHub stars over time

Jotty2,007

Outline

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