Show HN: Dotflowy, the open source Workflowy alternative [video]

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Post by campak » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:42 PM UTC

Dotflowy is an infinite, zoomable outliner to help you get thoughts, tasks, and ideas out of your head and onto the page. Organize it later. Or, don't! Plug it into your favorite AI tool.

It's like Workflowy but it's open source and extensible with plugins.

Dotflowy is free to use and upgradable at a monthly subscription for additional features.

https://dotflowy.com

Show HN: Dotflowy, the open source Workflowy alternative [video]
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Re: Show HN: Dotflowy, the open source Workflowy alternative [video]

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Post by malandin » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC

Thank you! I loved using Workflowy and will def check out Dotflowy too! What is the diff with Workflowy? Can I selfhost it?

Re: Show HN: Dotflowy, the open source Workflowy alternative [video]

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Post by campak » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC

malandin wrote: post #2

Thank you! I loved using Workflowy and will def check out Dotflowy too! What is the diff with Workflowy? Can I selfhost it?

Not much different from Workflowy. Slowly improving day by day. You can self-host it on the Cloudflare architecture! (I need to create better docs for that)

Re: Show HN: Dotflowy, the open source Workflowy alternative [video]

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Post by malandin » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 6:29 PM UTC

campak wrote: post #3

malandin wrote: post #2

Thank you! I loved using Workflowy and will def check out Dotflowy too! What is the diff with Workflowy? Can I selfhost it?

Not much different from Workflowy. Slowly improving day by day. You can self-host it on the Cloudflare architecture! (I need to create better docs for that)

It would be my dream to have something like this in my homelab. If only it could be deployed as a docker compose....