Open source · AGPL-3.0 Linux Arch/AUR
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$ yay -S appflowy-bin$ flatpak install flathub io.appflowy.AppFlowyFree alternatives to Notion
Swap Notion for AppFlowy, AFFiNE or Anytype and stop paying $120/yr.
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$120/yr Plus Verified on notion.com, Oct 17, 2026
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Open source · MIT Linux Arch/AUR
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$ yay -S affine-bin Source-available · Any Source Available License 1.0 Linux Arch/AUR
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$ yay -S anytype-bin$ flatpak install flathub io.anytype.anytypeAt a glance
Notion alternatives: questions
- 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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