Open Source Collaborative Workspaces Software
Collaborative Workspaces software centralizes team communication, knowledge management, and project coordination into shared digital environments. These tools integrate real-time chat, shared calendars, and collaborative document editing to prevent information from being scattered across different apps. This type of software serves teams and organizations that need to manage internal wikis, task lists, and contact directories. Self-hosting these apps ensures that sensitive company notes and private team discussions remain on internal servers rather than on external corporate platforms.
This page lists 43 open source tools in the Collaborative Workspaces category. The most popular are Excalidraw, AppFlowy and Affine. Most use the AGPL-3.0 or Apache-2.0 license, and 40 offer an official Docker image.
Excalidraw
A virtual whiteboard for sketching diagrams, flowcharts, and wireframes with a hand-drawn style and real-time collaboration.
AppFlowy
A collaborative workspace for notes and databases that provides data ownership and native cross platform support.
Affine
A local-first knowledge base that merges structured documents, infinite whiteboards, and databases into one workspace.
Rocket.Chat
A secure communication platform providing real-time messaging, voice, and video for organizations requiring full data control.
Logseq
A privacy-first knowledge management platform using bidirectional linking and outlines to organize notes and tasks.
Mattermost
A self-hosted collaboration platform providing team chat, workflow automation, voice calling, and screen sharing for secure organizations.
Nextcloud
A self-hosted content collaboration platform for syncing files, contacts, and calendars across multiple devices and users.
Huly
Integrates project management, team chat, CRM, and collaborative documents into a single self-hosted business application framework.
Neko
A self hosted virtual browser that runs in docker and uses WebRTC for real time streaming.
Linkwarden
A collaborative bookmark manager that preserves webpages via screenshots and PDFs to prevent data loss from link rot.
Etherpad
A real-time collaborative document editor featuring character-by-character version history and author attribution for self-hosted environments.
Overleaf
A real-time collaborative LaTeX editor for creating scientific documents and academic papers in a web browser.
AITable
A visual database platform for building spreadsheets and internal tools with automated APIs and real-time collaboration.
Stalwart Mail Server
A mail and collaboration server supporting IMAP, JMAP, SMTP, CalDAV, CardDAV, and WebDAV protocols.
Element
A communication client for encrypted messaging and collaboration built on the decentralized Matrix protocol.
Planka
A self-hosted kanban board for agile teams to manage tasks through real-time collaborative project boards.
Grist
A relational spreadsheet that combines database structure with spreadsheet flexibility for organized data management and analysis.
ownCloud
Self-hosted server for file storage, synchronization, and sharing with support for WebDAV, CalDAV, and CardDAV.
CryptPad
A collaborative suite providing end-to-end encrypted document editing and file sharing for privacy focused team workflows.
OpenPencil
A design editor for opening Figma files with AI assistance, real-time P2P collaboration, and a programmable CLI.
ONLYOFFICE Docs
Provides collaborative online editing for text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and PDFs with Office Open XML compatibility.
HumHub
A modular social networking platform for creating intranets, knowledge databases, and internal communication hubs for organizations.
Livebook
Interactive and collaborative code notebooks for automating data workflows and documenting Elixir projects with rich visualizations.
Workadventure
Create customizable virtual worlds for remote teams to interact via avatars and proximity based video chat systems.
Colanode
A local-first collaboration workspace combining real-time chat, rich text pages, databases, and file management for teams.
Radicale
A lightweight server for syncing calendars, to-do lists, and contact lists using CalDAV and CardDAV protocols.
Baïkal
A lightweight CalDAV and CardDAV server for hosting personal calendars and contact address books.
Openfire
A real time collaboration server using the XMPP open protocol for instant messaging and communication.
OpenStreetMap
A Ruby on Rails application providing the web interface and API for a collaborative world map.
WBO
A collaborative whiteboard for simultaneous drawing and real time state persistence on a large virtual board.
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