Open Source Workspace & Notes Alternatives

We found 37 expensive Workspace & Notes tools and mapped them to 80 privacy-friendly, open-source alternatives.

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Notion

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Notion with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by AppFlowy, Outline, Affine, Bangle.io, Boost Note, Notabase, Focalboard.

Available alternatives
7 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Dropbox

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Dropbox with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by Nextcloud, Filestash, Owncloud, Spacedrive.

Available alternatives
4 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Evernote

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Evernote with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by Joplin, Notesnook, Trilium.cc.

Available alternatives
3 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Google Docs

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Google Docs with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by CryptPad, Etherpad.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Loom

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Loom with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by Screenity.

Available alternatives
1 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Google Drive

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Google Drive with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by Nextcloud Files, Owncloud, Filestash, Nextcloud, Spacedrive.

Available alternatives
5 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Medium

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Medium with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by WriteFreely, Ghost.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Grammarly

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Grammarly with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by LanguageTool.

Available alternatives
1 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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OneDrive

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive OneDrive with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by Nextcloud Hub.

Available alternatives
1 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Miro

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Miro with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by Excalidraw, tldraw.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Feedly

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Feedly with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by FreshRSS, Miniflux.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Substack

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Substack with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by Ghost CMS, Ghost.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Box

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Box with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by Nextcloud Workspace.

Available alternatives
1 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Contentful

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Contentful with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by Builder, Concrete, Decap CMS, Directus, Plasmic, Strapi, Sulu, Tina, Webiny.

Available alternatives
9 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Datahub

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Datahub with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by FastSpace, PureLab.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Teamwise

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Teamwise with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by BareSpace, AltFlow.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Omnibot

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Omnibot with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by GitSpot, NativeSpot.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Flexchat

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Flexchat with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by TinyKit.

Available alternatives
1 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Ecobox

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Ecobox with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by OpenNest, FlexKit.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Infolink

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Infolink with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by SafeSync.

Available alternatives
1 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Neoagent

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Neoagent with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by MetaOSS, NativeLab.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Smartmesh

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Smartmesh with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by CoreCode, CloudLab.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Apexwave

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Apexwave with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by LocalSync, SafeHub.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Omnispan

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Omnispan with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by SimpleSpot.

Available alternatives
1 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Sociotool

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Sociotool with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by FlexLab.

Available alternatives
1 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Paycore

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Paycore with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by GitBoard, EchoCore.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Metamesh

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Metamesh with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by RedSite.

Available alternatives
1 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Flowdev

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Flowdev with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by SelfSite, VanillaPanel.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Devforge

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Devforge with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by RedKit, GreenPanel.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Infocore

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Infocore with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by NativeSite.

Available alternatives
1 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Maxdesk

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Maxdesk with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by MicroRun.

Available alternatives
1 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Boldhub

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Boldhub with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by LightSpot, FastGate.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Georise

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Georise with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by MicroDev, TinyPanel.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Swiftgate

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Swiftgate with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by NeoWeb, SafeGrid.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Corenode

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Corenode with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by FreeForge, SimpleCore.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Stellarcore

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Stellarcore with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by GitSite, CoreApp.

Available alternatives
2 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host
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Appboard

Workspace & Notes

Replace proprietary and expensive Appboard with free, open-source alternatives.

SaaS Alternatives

Replaced by IndieDev.

Available alternatives
1 tools
Privacy focus
Self-host