The closest open-source alternatives to Notion and Miro

Actually, you can easily try it without an account: it stores everything locally with a nag/warning that your local browser data can be lost if you don't create an account.

- https://app.affine.pro

- OR click "Get Started" from https://affine.pro

Re: The closest open-source alternatives to Notion and Miro

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Post by tda » Thu, Nov 14, 2024, 1:18 PM UTC

Leftium wrote: post #8

tda wrote: post #3

As I can't try anything without creating an account, I will just have to wait and see what others have to say about this.

Actually, you can easily try it without an account: it stores everything locally with a nag/warning that your local browser data can be lost if you don't create an account. - https://app.affine.pro - OR click "Get Started" from https://affine.pro

I get a modal that requires me to sign in or make an account, can't seem to bypass that. But I just installed the self-hosted version, it seems to be very heavily notion inspired (as in it seems like the css is just a copy paste with the same icons and general look/feel)

Re: The closest open-source alternatives to Notion and Miro

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Post by Leftium » Thu, Nov 14, 2024, 1:34 PM UTC

tda wrote: post #9

Leftium wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, you can easily try it without an account: it stores everything locally with a nag/warning that your local browser data can be lost if you don't create an account. - https://app.affine.pro - OR click "Get Started" from https://affine.pro

I get a modal that requires me to sign in or make an account, can't seem to bypass that. But I just installed the self-hosted version, it seems to be very heavily notion inspired (as in it seems like the css is just a copy paste with the same icons and general look/feel)

I think Notion made this "slash command" block editor popular, but the underlying editor most of these editors use is actually TipTap: https://tiptap.dev/docs/examples/experiments/slash-commands

Or perhaps Notion invented the slash commands? Not sure now...

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Also: perhaps localstorage doesn't work for you (platform, permissions, browser, etc) so the account seems required.