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link: https://affine.pro tags:
- opensource
- app
- localfirst github: https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE
AFFiNE is a workspace with fully merged docs, whiteboards and databases. Built local first with cloud sync using CRDT for multi-device and multi-user.
Open source and self host-able - Postgres and Redis in Docker.
Described as a Notion or Miro replacement.
Licensing#
Similar to Cal.com, MIT-licensed with a backend portion AFFiNE Enterprise Edition License that will restrict / charge for organization and team features.
Other Open Source#
The Affine team have extracted several frameworks out of their core application stack.
Blocksuite#
BlockSuite is a toolkit for building editors and collaborative applications.
Based on [[Web Components]] (which is notable because Affine is built in React).
OctoBase#
OctoBase 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.
A light-weight, scalable, data engine written in Rust.
Additionally, 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.
AGPL licensed
Self Hosting#
The Affine Self Host docs talks about steps to take to run Docker / Docker Compose.
Portainer Setup#
I have a demo running on my test install of [[Portainer]].
I used the compose file on Github and added version: '0.1' to the top and pasted that into Portainer's "stacks" interface.
I used the interface to add env variables for admin email and password.
Once the stack was deployed, I went to $MYIP:3010 and created a new cloud workspace.
It is currently very unclear what the costs will be for self-hosted. There is a Github issue with many items marked offtopic -- 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, 6299.
[[Outline]] has a no-charge community edition with limited features, as does [[Cal.com]].