Docs
Collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 78% of tracked projects; popularity more than 86%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 17k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v5.7.0 · 16 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 26 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | K8S |
Is Docs actively maintained?
Docs is under active development: 904 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 70 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
The most recent tagged release, v5.7.0, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Of the 22 projects we track in Note-taking & Editors, Docs ranks #4 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What Docs actually does
Docs is a collaborative platform designed for note-taking, wikis, and documentation management. It provides a shared space to author and organise structured content at scale.
Best fit: Teams looking for a dedicated self-hosted workspace to maintain internal documentation and collaborative knowledge bases.
Worth knowing: The software requires significant infrastructure resources to run, and it overlaps with many established proprietary and open-source alternatives.
Deployment notes
Because the application runs on Kubernetes, you will typically need to configure persistent volume claims for data storage and set up an ingress controller with TLS termination.
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