About Alexandrie
Alexandrie is an open-source, self-hosted wiki and knowledge management platform for individuals and teams. It combines an extended Markdown editor with offline support, collaboration tools, and fine-grained permissions, and is pitched as an alternative to Notion, Obsidian, and Confluence. It is released under the MIT license.
The Markdown engine supports LaTeX, custom containers, interactive checkboxes, frames, snippets, and integrated diagrams. Content is organized in a multi-tenant structure of teams, workspaces, categories, and nested documents. It works as an offline-first progressive web app that can be installed on devices, and it supports OIDC single sign-on and local S3 backups. The topics also mention kanban boards.
The whole stack comes up with one Docker command. It uses a Go backend and a Nuxt and Vue front end. Alexandrie suits teams and individuals who want a private knowledge base with enterprise-style permissions and who prefer to keep their notes on their own infrastructure.
Key features
- Extended Markdown editor with LaTeX and diagrams
- Teams, workspaces, categories, and nested documents
- Offline-first installable web app
- OIDC single sign-on
- Local S3 backups
- One-command Docker deployment
Good fit for
- →Self-hosted team wiki replacing Confluence
- →Personal knowledge base that works offline
- Tags
- knowledge-base
- wiki
- markdown
- note-taking
- self-hosted
- offline-first
- sso
- docker
Alexandrie: questions and answers
- What is Alexandrie used for?
- Alexandrie is a self-hosted, offline-first knowledge base with an extended Markdown editor, team workspaces, OIDC single sign-on, and one-command Docker deployment. It is a good fit for self-hosted team wiki replacing Confluence and personal knowledge base that works offline.
- Is Alexandrie open source?
- Yes. Alexandrie is open source under the MIT licence. Its source code is on GitHub at Smaug6739/Alexandrie and is written mainly in Vue.
- Is Alexandrie free?
- Yes. Alexandrie is open source, so the software itself is free to use.
- Can I self-host Alexandrie?
- Yes. Alexandrie can be self-hosted on your own server or infrastructure.
- What is Alexandrie an alternative to?
- Alexandrie is an open-source alternative to Notion, Obsidian, Confluence and Notejoy. Other open-source alternatives to Notion include SilverBullet, AppFlowy and Outline.
- Is Alexandrie actively maintained?
- Yes. The most recent commit to Alexandrie was on 24 September 2026, and the latest release is v8.14.2, published on 7 September 2026. The project has 2.8k stars on GitHub.
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