System · Memory systems · Human-first PKM / workspace
AFFiNE
The largest open local-first alternative to mainstream document and canvas tools, and the clearest case where a permissive client sits on an entirely proprietary server.
- Source model
- Open core
- Licenses
- MIT License · Commercial or production-restricted terms
- Deployment
- Desktop application · Mobile application · Self-hosted service · Managed cloud
- Status
- Active
- Product boundary
- The root license places the entire server and native packages under separate enterprise terms, and self-hosted workspaces are capped at ten seats. The enterprise text also names a third license for community-edition parts that appears nowhere in the tree, so the license map cannot be closed from the repository alone.
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