Docmost

Knowledge bases

Docmost is a collaborative wiki for team documents. Consider it for shared knowledge when you want an open-source documentation workspace.

Who it may suit

Team knowledge sharing for organizations that want a self-managed workspace.

Replaces

  • Confluence
  • Notion
Official positioning or migration source

"an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion" (repo description)

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Strengths for small teams

  • Real-time collaborative editing Source

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  • Built-in diagrams (Draw.io, Excalidraw, Mermaid) Source

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  • Spaces, groups and permission management Source

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  • Page history and search Source

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License

AGPL-3.0

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Self-hosting effort

Moderate

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Docker Compose simplifies installation, but the production stack needs PostgreSQL, Redis, secret and URL configuration, persistent storage, and a production-facing reverse proxy. Operators must also manage database and file-storage backups and coordinated container upgrades.

Documentation-based estimate; not hands-on tested. Official self-hosting effort evidence

Pricing

Self-managed Community is free; Business is $6 per seat/month billed annually with a 10-seat minimum; Enterprise is custom priced.

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Managed cloud

Available

Checked: 2026-09-24

Self-hosted: Available

Sections checked: see dates beside each section.

Repository activity

Stars: 22,178

Last push: 2026-11-01

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Repository metadata source

Docker Compose deployment

Upstream Compose preview; fetched 2026-11-02. Pinned public source file

services:
  docmost:
    image: docmost/docmost:latest
    depends_on:
      - db
      - redis
    environment:
      APP_URL: 'http://localhost:3000'
      APP_SECRET: 'REPLACE_WITH_LONG_SECRET'
      DATABASE_URL: 'postgresql://docmost:STRONG_DB_PASSWORD@db:5432/docmost'

First 10 lines; see source for the complete file. Review all required companion files before deploying.

Official website

Sources