Colanode
Collaboration suite with real-time messaging, rich text pages, file management, and dynamic databases - built for offline work (alternative to Slack, Notion).
Activity has dropped noticeably. Check the repository before committing to it.
Commit activity more than 21% of tracked projects; popularity more than 67%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 5.2k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v0.4.7 · 3 Apr 2026 |
| Repo updated | 3 Apr 2026 |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Built with | K8S, Docker |
Is Colanode actively maintained?
Colanode logged 63 commits over the last 11 months, but none in the most recent quarter. Development has paused rather than stopped outright — worth watching before a production deployment.
The most recent tagged release, v0.4.7, is about 6 months old.
Colanode ranks #10 of 20 in Groupware, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Colanode actually does
Colanode is an open-source collaboration suite designed as an alternative to proprietary platforms like Slack and Notion. It combines real-time messaging, rich text document editing, file management, and dynamic databases into a single workspace that supports offline operation.
Best fit: Teams looking for an open-source, self-hosted workspace that merges chat and structured document management with offline capabilities.
Worth knowing: The project's recent development activity is slowing down, and it overlaps heavily with mature, well-established alternatives in the groupware space.
Deployment notes
As it relies on Docker and Kubernetes, you will typically need to configure persistent volumes for data storage and place the instance behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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