# Appflowly, an OpenSource alternative to Notion.so
**URL:** https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931
**Category:** Apps
**Tags:** french
**Created:** [May 26, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931 "2022-05-26T17:25:04Z")
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### Author:  [@Cyril](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Cyril)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/1 "2022-05-26T17:25:04Z")
Hi all,
Do you know Notion ([Notion – Tous vos documents. Toutes vos équipes. Un seul espace de travail.](https://www.notion.so/fr-fr))?
I’ve played with it a bit, and it seems that it can be very useful and can do a lot of things.
But it is not open source and all the data is stored on their server.
An alternative exists: Appflowy
> **[GitHub - AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy: AppFlowy is an open-source alternative to...](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy)**
>
> AppFlowy is an open-source alternative to Notion. You are in charge of your data and customizations. Built with Flutter and Rust. - GitHub - AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy: AppFlowy is an open-source alterna...
Has anyone used it yet?
Would it be difficult to add it to Yunohost?
Connaissez-vous Notion ([Notion – Tous vos documents. Toutes vos équipes. Un seul espace de travail.](https://www.notion.so/fr-fr)) ?
J’ai joué un peu avec, et il semble qu’il puisse être très utile et permet de faire beaucoup de chose.
Mais il n’est pas open source et toutes les données sont stockées sur leur serveur.
Une alternative existe : Appflowy
> **[GitHub - AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy: AppFlowy is an open-source alternative to...](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy)**
>
> AppFlowy is an open-source alternative to Notion. You are in charge of your data and customizations. Built with Flutter and Rust. - GitHub - AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy: AppFlowy is an open-source alterna...
Est-ce que quelqu’un l’a déjà utilisé ?
Serait-ce difficile de l’ajouter à Yunohost ?
Cyril
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### Author:  [@Limezy](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Limezy)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/2 "2022-05-28T04:10:38Z")
Bonjour Cyril,
Yes I know Notion, and I’ve already tried AppFlowy several times.
The amount of stars they got on Github is quite crazy compared to… the quality of the app. I guess it’s only related to their main statement as being the “open-source alternative to Notion”, which is honestly a complete bullshit statement as of now…
They provide their app as a desktop release so no need for Yunohost to try it. Just download and run, and you’ll see. It’s still more than early stage, and I would even say not yeet usable as a notes app.
For the sync / online part, nothing has started yet, so you can only use it as a local desktop app.
It’s probably worth checking from time to time !
You can also have a look at Anytype, which starts to be a very good app (and IMHO much more promising in the long run) [https://anytype.io](https://anytype.io). The team has promised that they would release it as a open source but everybody is still waiting. Also, to get to try it you’ll need to register on a form, then wait for 2 weeks, then have to attend a one hour zoom call with the team before you can get a link to download.
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### Author:  [@Cyril](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Cyril)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/3 "2022-05-29T16:31:10Z")
Hello Limezy,
So I was misled by the marketing.
I didn’t check the installation procedure, I thought it was a web application.
They also have an “AppFlowy-Server” repository, but there is no explanation.
But! I know “AnyType”, I sent a mail 2 months ago, then I forgot…
I will try again.
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### Author:  [@Vikas-jk](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Vikas-jk)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/4 "2022-06-29T11:42:27Z")
Appflowly looks good, there are other alternatives to the notion, like Loqseq which is also free
> **[Best Notion alternatives (open source and free) - Developing Daily](https://developingdaily.com/article/technology/best-notion-alternatives-open-source-and-free/314)**
>
> In this article, I have provided list of notion alternatives, free and open source with it's features which you can use.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Limezy](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Limezy)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/5 "2022-07-04T17:47:23Z")
Yes, Logseq is pretty good and I have used it a little bit on its very beginnings one year and a half ago (now replaced by Obsidian - not open source but better suited for my needs - for the desktop part and Outline for the online - publishing part. You can also try Athens Research, similar to Logseq with less features but multi user and far better looking.
As far as I know Logseq didn’t really release a “web server” version, and I don’t think they will.
Athens has, based on Docker. I should try to package it one day… But I’m still waiting for them to release a first polished version with a mobile app.
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### Author:  [@nath5394](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/nath5394)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2022, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/6 "2022-08-05T08:33:08Z")
Hey I just found this alternative, Affine [GitHub - toeverything/AFFiNE: There can be more than Notion and Miro. Affine is a next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together. Privacy first, open-source, customizable and ready to use.](https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE) it looks really fresh, flagged as non production ready. But very promising.
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### Author:  [@blodarn](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/blodarn)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/7 "2025-02-19T17:22:00Z")
Salut!
Est-ce que tu l’as testé sur Yunohost finalement ?
Je l’ai installé mais il semble y avoir un problème au niveau de l’étape de connexion/création de compte.
Erreurs :
- Error: none, error\_description: none, msg: Some(“invalid login credentials”)
- Code 422, msg: Signups not allowed for this instance, error\_ID: none
Merci,
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### Author:  [@Cyril](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Cyril)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/8 "2025-02-20T15:03:45Z")
Salut @blodarn,
non, je ne l’ai pas testé, je n’avais pas vu que l’appli était dispo dans la liste des applications.
Tu pourrais tenter de déposer un ticket sur le [github de AppFlowly](https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/appflowy_ynh) ?
Cyril
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### Author:  [@blodarn](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/blodarn)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/9 "2025-02-20T21:28:16Z")
> [@blodarn](#):
>
> - Error: none, error\_description: none, msg: Some(“invalid login credentials”)
> - Code 422, msg: Signups not allowed for this instance, error\_ID: none
Ok, c’est fait.
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### Author:  [@jarod5001](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/jarod5001)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/10 "2025-02-20T21:30:46Z")
Login using the email not the username
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### Author:  [@blodarn](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/blodarn)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/11 "2025-02-20T21:44:46Z")
Yes, email or username, same error unfortunately.
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### Author:  [@jarod5001](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/jarod5001)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/13 "2025-02-20T22:43:03Z")
Can you share your app version, yunohost version ? Did you define the password before installing? Do you have special characters in your password?
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### Author:  [@blodarn](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/blodarn)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/14 "2025-02-27T01:31:39Z")
Sorry for answering 6 days after.
**Can you share your app version, yunohost version ?**
- AppFlowy : 0.9.18~ynh2
- Yunohost : 12.0.11 (stable)
**Did you define the password before installing?**
- User was already created.
- No password to enter during installation.
**Do you have special characters in your password?**
- No, only letters and numbers.
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### Author:  [@edellingham](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/edellingham)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/15 "2025-03-23T13:19:39Z")
Did you get this figured out? I’m running into the same issue. 😅
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### Author:  [@blodarn](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/blodarn)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/16 "2025-03-23T14:41:23Z")
Nop ☹ Still the same problem. Can’t login weither I use email or username…
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### Author:  [@webjetclouds](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/webjetclouds)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/17 "2025-03-24T18:24:48Z")
hello i use and test but not yet tested on hosted version
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### Author:  [@lauhub](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/lauhub)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/appflowly-an-opensource-alternative-to-notion-so/19931/18 "2025-04-01T09:48:53Z")
Hi,
I managed to login to AppFlowy (host by YunoHost) using email and password but to do this you need to comment the following lineS in your appflowy.domain.conf :
```auto
access_by_lua_file /usr/share/ssowat/access.lua;
```
As suggested by Appflowy maintainer on discord, I also added this:
```auto
underscores_in_headers on;
```
But I also had to modify the WebSocket section as below:
```auto
# WebSocket
location /ws {
proxy_pass http://192.168.81.14:8000; # localhost did not work
proxy_http_version 1.1;
#proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "Upgrade";
#proxy_set_header Host $host; # Commented: see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51381015/nginx-proxy-of-springboot-websocket-returns-400-due-to-upgrade-header-null-w
proxy_set_header Upgrade 'websocket';
proxy_read_timeout 86400;
}
```
Although all of this, sync does not work well:
- modifying a space name works
- adding pages does not sync accross devices (pages that are added on iPhone are not visible on computer app)
Any ideas about this ?