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Outline

Secure, fast, and beautiful wiki platform that scales with your team, integrating seamlessly with your existing tools.

5 sources 37,920 stars Self-hosted BSL-1.1

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What this project is really offering

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About

Outline is a versatile platform designed for collaborative note-taking‚ offering beautiful‚ real-time collaboration‚ and a wide range of features while being compatible with Markdown. With Outline‚ users can create and edit notes together in real-time‚ allowing for seamless collaboration among teams and individuals. Its feature-packed interface includes tools for organizing‚ categorizing‚ and formatting notes to suit various needs and preferences. Additionally‚ Outline is compatible with Markdown‚ a popular markup language for formatting plain text‚ providing users with a familiar and flexible way to structure their notes. Whether you're brainstorming ideas‚ documenting project progress‚ or conducting research‚ Outline offers a user-friendly and efficient solution for capturing and sharing information.

Why it stands out

Outline is an open source alternative to Notion, Confluence. Licensed under BSL-1.1, it gives you full access to the source code and the freedom to modify, self-host, and contribute. You can deploy it on your own servers for complete data ownership and privacy.

Highlights

The capabilities most worth remembering

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Real-time collaboration

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Markdown support

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Powerful search

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Integrations

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Version history

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Customizable structure

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Self-hosted option

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API access

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Intuitive editing experience

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Powerful search and question answering

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Slack integration

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Public sharing

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Blazing fast

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Dark mode

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Security & permissions

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20+ Integrations

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Multilingual support

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Open source

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Customizable

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Real-time collaborative editing

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Markdown with slash commands

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Collections & nested docs

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20+ integrations (Slack, etc.)

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Full-text search

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API & webhooks

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