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2link: https://affine.pro
3tags:
4 - opensource
5 - app
6 - localfirst
7github: https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE
8---
9AFFiNE is a workspace with fully merged docs, whiteboards and databases. Built local first with cloud sync using CRDT for multi-device and multi-user.
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11Open source and self host-able - Postgres and Redis in Docker.
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13Described as a Notion or Miro replacement.
14## Licensing
15
16Similar to Cal.com, MIT-licensed with a backend portion [AFFiNE Enterprise Edition License](https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE/blob/canary/packages/backend/server/LICENSE) that will restrict / charge for organization and team features.
17## Other Open Source
18
19The Affine team have extracted several frameworks out of their core application stack.
20### Blocksuite
21
22[BlockSuite](https://blocksuite.io/) is a toolkit for building editors and collaborative applications.
23
24Based on [[Web Components]] (which is notable because Affine is built in React).
25
26[toeverything/BlockSuite](https://github.com/toeverything/blocksuite)
27
28### OctoBase
29
30[OctoBase](https://octobase.dev/) an offline-available, scalable, self-contained collaborative database implemented based on CRDTs. It is the core to resolve conflicts between the duplication of data and manage the databases so that real-time collaboration and local-first storage is possible. It supports local storage and serve-side storage.
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32A light-weight, scalable, data engine written in Rust.
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34Additionally, OctoBase can function as a standalone server database, or it can be integrated directly into your application as an embedded database while remaining fully functional.
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36AGPL licensed
37
38[toeverything/OctoBase](https://github.com/toeverything/octobase)
39
40## Self Hosting
41
42The [Affine Self Host docs](https://docs.affine.pro/docs/self-host-affine) talks about steps to take to run Docker / Docker Compose.
43
44### Portainer Setup
45
46I have a demo running on my test install of [[Portainer]].
47
48I used the [compose file on Github](https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE/blob/canary/.github/deployment/self-host/compose.yaml) and added `version: '0.1'` to the top and pasted that into Portainer's "stacks" interface.
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50I used the interface to add env variables for admin email and password.
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52Once the stack was deployed, I went to `$MYIP:3010` and created a new cloud workspace.
53
54It is currently very unclear what the costs will be for self-hosted. There is a [Github issue with many items marked offtopic](https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE/issues/6156) -- which also includes details on what to edit in the database to remove restrictions. Github Discussions has a couple of topics on self hosting -- [5975](https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE/discussions/5975), [6299](https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE/discussions/6299).
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56[[Outline]] has a no-charge community edition with limited features, as does [[Cal.com]].