Outline

Knowledge bases

Outline offers a collaborative knowledge base with live editing and Markdown compatibility. Compare its publishing and permissions model.

Who it may suit

Collaborative team documentation with a familiar editor.

License

Source-available (BSL 1.1, converts to Apache-2.0 on 2030-10-23)

Not an OSI-approved open-source license. Business Source License 1.1; the use grant excludes offering a commercial "Document Service".

Checked: 2026-11-01

Self-hosting effort

Advanced

Checked: 2026-09-24

Outline explicitly states that it is engineered as a horizontally scalable cloud platform and requires DevOps experience to install and operate in production. That production-oriented infrastructure and operations expectation exceeds basic Docker administration for a small team.

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

Pricing

Outline Cloud starts at $10/month for 1–10 team members; larger plans are listed at $79 and $249/month.

Checked: 2026-09-24

Managed cloud

Available

Checked: 2026-09-24

Self-hosted: Available

Sections checked: see dates beside each section.

services:
  redis:
    image: redis
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:6379:6379"
    user: "redis:redis"
  postgres:
    image: postgres
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:5432:5432"

Sources

• Official source repository
• Project website linked from repository
• Official pricing information
• Official managed hosting information
• Official self-hosting instructions
• Official self-hosting effort evidence