Docmost is an open source collaborative documentation platform that gives teams a Notion-like nested page editor and wiki structure on their own server, without data leaving to a third-party cloud.
The Problem
Teams using Notion, Confluence, or Coda for internal wikis and documentation keep their knowledge base on vendor servers. Notion charges per seat and limits offline access; Confluence charges separately from Jira and becomes expensive as teams grow. Moving internal documentation to a self-hosted tool gives organizations control over who can access sensitive knowledge base content without paying per-editor.
How Docmost Solves It
Docmost provides a collaborative wiki with a rich-text block editor, nested page hierarchies, and team-level permissions on a self-hosted instance. Editors create pages with headings, tables, code blocks, images, and embeds. Pages are organized into spaces (team areas), and each space has its own permission settings. AGPL-3.0 licensed; deploy with Docker Compose backed by PostgreSQL and Redis.
Key Features
- Nested pages and spaces: organize documentation hierarchically by team, project, or topic
- Rich-text block editor: Notion-style blocks including headings, tables, code, images, and callouts
- Real-time collaboration: multiple editors can work on the same page simultaneously
- Space-level permissions: control read and write access per team area
- Search: full-text search across all pages in the workspace
- AGPL-3.0 licensed; deploy with Docker Compose in under five minutes
Who It's For
Docmost is best for engineering teams and growing startups that need a self-hosted internal wiki with a modern editor, and for organizations that have outgrown a shared Notion workspace but are not ready to pay Confluence's per-seat pricing.
Compared to Notion
Unlike Notion, Docmost is fully self-hosted under the AGPL-3.0 license so all documentation stays on your own server. Notion has a broader feature set including databases, calendars, and AI tools; Docmost covers the core wiki and documentation use case with complete data ownership and no per-seat fees.
