Alternatives to Notion

All-in-one workspace for docs, wikis, and lightweight databases

A block-based workspace for notes, documentation, and structured pages, used for personal and team knowledge bases.

Include proprietary

Joplin

Open-source note-taking and to-dos with sync and encryption

notesopen-source

Updated 2/20/2026MIT (apps) / Custom (server)

Trilium Notes

Self-hosted hierarchical notes for building large knowledge bases

notesopen-source

Updated 2/20/2026AGPL-3.0