# Free alternatives to Notion

> Notion (Plus) costs $120 a year. Free alternatives: AppFlowy, AFFiNE and Anytype. Data checked 2026-10-17.

- Page: https://stoprenting.dev/apps/notion/
- Category: Notes & Docs (https://stoprenting.dev/categories/notes-and-docs/)
- Vendor: Notion
- Plan: Plus
- Price: $10/month, $120/year
- Billing: per seat
- Price quote from the vendor's page: "Plus* $10 per seat/month"
- Price source: https://www.notion.com/pricing (checked 2026-10-17)

## Alternatives

### AppFlowy

- Website: https://appflowy.com
- Repository: https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy (77,223 stars, last push 2026-10-08)
- License: AGPL-3.0
- Open source: yes, OSI-approved license
- Type: desktop app
- Linux: AUR: appflowy-bin; Flathub: io.appflowy.AppFlowy
- Self-hostable: no
- Install: `yay -S appflowy-bin`, `flatpak install flathub io.appflowy.AppFlowy`
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/appflowy/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

### AFFiNE

- Website: https://affine.pro
- Repository: https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE (73,481 stars, last push 2026-10-12)
- License: MIT (backend under separate license)
- Open source: yes, OSI-approved license
- Type: desktop app
- Linux: AUR: affine-bin
- Self-hostable: no
- Install: `yay -S affine-bin`
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/affine/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

### Anytype

- Website: https://anytype.io
- Repository: https://github.com/anyproto/anytype-ts (8,894 stars, last push 2026-10-03)
- License: Any Source Available License 1.0
- Open source: no, source-available license
- Type: desktop app
- Linux: AUR: anytype-bin; Flathub: io.anytype.anytype
- Self-hostable: no
- Install: `yay -S anytype-bin`, `flatpak install flathub io.anytype.anytype`
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/anytype/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

## FAQ

### Is there a free alternative to Notion?

Yes. The 3 free alternatives are AppFlowy (open source, AGPL-3.0), AFFiNE (open source, MIT) and Anytype (source-available, Any Source Available License 1.0).

### How much does Notion cost?

Notion's Plus plan costs $10 a month, which is $120 a year (per seat). Source: the official pricing page at notion.com, checked Oct 17, 2026.

### Which Notion alternatives run on Linux?

AppFlowy (AUR: appflowy-bin; Flathub: io.appflowy.AppFlowy), AFFiNE (AUR: affine-bin) and Anytype (AUR: anytype-bin; Flathub: io.anytype.anytype).

### Can you self-host a Notion alternative?

AppFlowy, AFFiNE and Anytype are desktop apps that run on your own machine, so there's nothing to host.

### Are these Notion alternatives open source?

Not all of them. Anytype (Any Source Available License 1.0) is source-available: the code is public, but the license isn't OSI-approved open source. AppFlowy (AGPL-3.0) and AFFiNE (MIT) are open source.

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