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Docmost: the best Open Source alternative to Confluence in 2026
Docmost is an open source collaborative wiki and documentation tool with spaces, permissions and real-time editing, born as a modern, self-hostable alternative to Confluence.
Technical profile
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Category
- Productivity
- Replaces
- Confluence, Notion
- Tech stack
- NestJSReactPostgreSQL
Preview
Public image provided by Docmost on its own website.
Key features
- Spaces and team permissions
- Real-time collaborative editing
- Comments and page versioning
Docmost vs. Confluence
Pros
- Very fast-growing community and feature set
Things to consider
- Still a young project compared to Confluence
Quick Docker installation guide
Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →
docker-compose.yml
version: "3.9"
services:
docmost:
image: docmost/docmost:latest
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "3000:3000"
environment:
- APP_SECRET=change-me-super-secret
- DATABASE_URL=postgresql://docmost:docmost@docmost-db:5432/docmost
- REDIS_URL=redis://docmost-redis:6379
depends_on:
- docmost-db
- docmost-redis
docmost-db:
image: postgres:15-alpine
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- POSTGRES_USER=docmost
- POSTGRES_PASSWORD=docmost
- POSTGRES_DB=docmost
volumes:
- docmost_pg_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
docmost-redis:
image: redis:7-alpine
restart: unless-stopped
volumes:
docmost_pg_data: