Processing
Hybrid
How product activity is processed.
INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE
AppFlowy
An open-source collaborative workspace with documents, databases, boards, local data, cloud synchronization, and self-hosted deployment options.
- Web · Desktop · Mobile · Self-hosted
- Hybrid
- Open source
- Pricing
- Open core
- Category
- Writing and transcription
Privacy at a glance
A quick view of the dimensions most useful for comparing this product. Unconfirmed facts stay explicitly unconfirmed.
Identity
Optional account
Whether an account is needed to use it.
Tracking
Not confirmed
Reported analytics and tracking posture.
Ownership & source
Open source
Availability of the product source code.
Offline support
Yes
Whether core use can continue offline.
Self-hosting
Yes
Whether you can run it on your own infrastructure.
What to know
Why it stands out
- The project is open source and offers local operation plus a documented self-hosted cloud deployment.
- Users can export content and can avoid the hosted AppFlowy Cloud by operating their own infrastructure.
Trade-offs
- Current public project discussions do not support treating AppFlowy Cloud synchronization as universally end-to-end encrypted.
- Local and server-stored data are not described as universally encrypted at rest by the application, so device and server controls remain important.
Best for
Teams wanting an open-source Notion-style workspace with self-hosting and local operation.
Consider another option when
Users requiring audited zero-knowledge synchronization and application-level encryption at rest by default.
Technical details
Complete privacy-profile dimensions, grouped for easier review. Each value is retained from the catalogue record.
4 groups · 18 dimensions
- Processing
- Hybrid
- Storage
- User-selected
- Offline support
- Yes
- Self-hosting
- Yes
- Data export
- Yes
- Data deletion
- Yes
Alternatives
Obsidian
A local-first knowledge-base application that works directly with Markdown files stored in a user-selected folder.
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Logseq
An open-source local-first outliner and knowledge base that works with user-controlled Markdown or Org-mode data.
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Nextcloud
An open-source self-hosted collaboration platform for files, communication, groupware, and extensible applications.
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Evidence
7 public sources collected
- AppFlowyappflowy.com · Product page · workspace capabilities, open-source positioning, and hosted options
- AppFlowy source repositorygithub.com · Source repository · source code, local application, and licensing
- Self-hosted Plans and Pricingappflowy.com · Documentation · self-hosted deployment and commercial boundaries
View all 7 sources
- AppFlowy Privacy Policyappflowy.com · Privacy policy · hosted account, cloud, analytics, and deletion practices
- AppFlowy pricingappflowy.com · Product page · current free, Pro, AI Max, and local-AI Vault Workspace tiers
- AppFlowy Termsappflowy.com · Terms · hosted service and AI terms
- AppFlowy local AI with Ollamaappflowy.com · Documentation · on-device AI processing and no transfer to AI providers
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