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Write, Draw and Plan All at Once

One hyper-fused platform for wildly creative minds. Privacy-first, local-first, open-source, and ready to use.

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What is AFFiNE?

AFFiNE is an open-source, all-in-one workspace and operating system for all the building blocks that assemble your knowledge base and much more — wiki, knowledge management, presentation and digital assets. It’s a better alternative to Notion and Miro.

Get Started

Set up AFFiNE in minutes and create your first workspace

Core Features

Explore the powerful editor, whiteboard, and database capabilities

Self-Host

Deploy your own AFFiNE instance with Docker

API Reference

Build integrations with the GraphQL API

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Key Features

Block-Based Editor

Rich text, markdown, and any building block on an edgeless canvas

Edgeless Whiteboard

Visual collaboration with sticky notes, shapes, and embedded content

Multi-View Databases

Organize data with table, kanban, and gallery views

Local-First

Your data lives on your disk, with optional cloud sync

AI-Powered

Writing assistance, summaries, and content generation

Cross-Platform

Web, desktop, and mobile apps with real-time sync

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True Canvas for Blocks

Many editor apps claim to be a canvas for productivity, but AFFiNE is one of the very few which allows you to put any building block on an edgeless canvas:
  • Rich text and markdown — Professional documents with full formatting
  • Sticky notes — Quick ideas and reminders anywhere on the canvas
  • Embedded web pages — Live previews of any URL
  • Multi-view databases — Tables, kanban boards, and galleries
  • Linked pages — Create connections between your knowledge
  • Shapes and drawings — Visual elements for diagrams and mockups
  • Slides — Turn outlines into presentations

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Local-First & Collaborative

We love the idea of local-first: you always own your data on your disk, in spite of the cloud. AFFiNE supports:
  • Offline-first architecture — Work without internet, sync when ready
  • Real-time collaboration — Multiple users editing simultaneously
  • CRDT-based sync — Conflict-free merging of changes
  • Cross-platform sync — Web, desktop, and mobile stay in sync
  • Self-hosting — Full control over your data and infrastructure

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Multimodal AI Partner

AFFiNE AI pushes your creativity to the edge of your imagination:
  • Professional reports — Generate well-structured documents from outlines
  • Presentation slides — Turn bullet points into expressive slides
  • Mind maps — Summarize articles into structured diagrams
  • Task planning — Organize your job plan and backlog
  • Code and prototypes — Draw and code apps with a single prompt
AFFiNE AI requires an API key from supported providers (OpenAI, Google, etc.) or can be self-hosted with your own models.

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Open Source & Extensible

AFFiNE is built on open-source foundations:
  • MIT License — Free for personal and commercial use
  • BlockSuite — The collaborative editor framework powering AFFiNE
  • Plugin system — Extend AFFiNE with custom blocks and features (coming soon)
  • Self-hostable — Deploy on your own infrastructure with Docker
  • Active community — Join 65,000+ stars on GitHub

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Next Steps

1

Install AFFiNE

Download the desktop app or access the web version at app.affine.pro
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Create Your First Workspace

Follow our quickstart guide to set up your workspace
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Explore Features

Learn about the editor, whiteboard, and databases
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Join the Community

Connect with other users on Discord or contribute on GitHub