We also made a small scratchpad you can use to test collaboration features, if it doesn't get too flooded :) https://docs.numerique.gouv.fr/docs/a3f0becc-f2b7-45be-a5e5-...
Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline
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Re: Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline
#232Hey. A few developers from the team are on HN and will be happy to answer any questions here! We also made a small scratchpad you can use to test collaboration features, if it doesn't get too flooded :) https://docs.numerique.gouv.fr/docs/a3f0becc-f2b7-45be-a5e5-...
Notion is particularly terrible here, so this could be a great alternative for people / organizations who need that.
Re: Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline
#233Re: Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline
#234Hey. A few developers from the team are on HN and will be happy to answer any questions here! We also made a small scratchpad you can use to test collaboration features, if it doesn't get too flooded :) https://docs.numerique.gouv.fr/docs/a3f0becc-f2b7-45be-a5e5-...
What's your stance on accessibility? Is that something you even consider? Notion is particularly terrible here, so this could be a great alternative for people / organizations who need that.
Re: Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline
#235Earlier quoted context omitted.
We use Mattermost at work, and apart from the mobile app being a bit shit, and search being kind of useless, it's easily as good as Slack. In some ways it's better, e.g. you can use proper Markdown in messages instead of Slack's Mrkdwn abomination that doesn't even allow links. I wish they would improve search though; it's kind of a critical feature in a company.
search is the #1 feature I use in our corporate slack (huge, huge instance). without search it's useless.
I remember Slack's search being equally crap when I last used it a couple of years ago.
Re: Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline
#236Hey. A few developers from the team are on HN and will be happy to answer any questions here! We also made a small scratchpad you can use to test collaboration features, if it doesn't get too flooded :) https://docs.numerique.gouv.fr/docs/a3f0becc-f2b7-45be-a5e5-...
What's your stance on accessibility? Is that something you even consider? Notion is particularly terrible here, so this could be a great alternative for people / organizations who need that.
Re: Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline
#237This is a really great project from both the French and German governments. I think state-funded open source solutions to digital platforms is a fantastic opportunity to get away from the big tech walled gardens. Of course, there is always the risk that this becomes unmaintained in the future, but the community at least can take over. But until then, it's a nice platform and a nice contribution to the community.
That is what grants are for! The government(s) get the exact software they want by a whole field full of folks that know how to make those changes.
Re: Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline
#238This tool is part of a WIP complete suite of tools for public agents called "La suite numérique". https://lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr
That said, calling the video conferencing capability "Visio" is à la banane.
Re: Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline
#239This is a really great project from both the French and German governments. I think state-funded open source solutions to digital platforms is a fantastic opportunity to get away from the big tech walled gardens. Of course, there is always the risk that this becomes unmaintained in the future, but the community at least can take over. But until then, it's a nice platform and a nice contribution to the community.
I couldn't upvote you more than once. I agree wholeheartedly with your point. Government-funded open source like this, creating alternatives is a good idea. Taxes put to good use!
Re: Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline
#240Earlier quoted context omitted.
Notion is not an example of delightful software and it is very much one of the most reproducible apps ever. I don't know how they managed to make it fashionable amongst startups, but it's certainly not because it's an innovative product.
it is very much one of the most reproducible apps ever Would love to move to an alternative that also works in the browser, got any suggestions? I haven't found one that does what Notion does. I genuinely want to get off their AI training grounds but cannot. Your comment reeks of condescension because you are not the target user.
One option, which is open source and self hosted, is Trilium[sic], found at https://github.com/zadam/trilium It's open source, so if it's close to what you want, you might be able to adjust it to meet your needs.
Other commercial options include Realm, Tana, and Craft. With varying degrees of "AI".
I really like the UX of Tana for building out graphs of pages with properties, but it's slow to start up, doesn't support math, etc. So it's mainly a UX example for me.