Alternatives to Notion
Explore new independent apps, including vibe-coded projects, that can replace Notion for some or all of your work. Each listing explains its fit, platforms, and tradeoffs.
A connected workspace for documents, wikis, databases, and team knowledge.
A self-hosted workspace for people and agents.
salt.md brings together team docs, databases, real-time collaboration, and MCP access in one self-hosted app backed by a single SQLite file.
salt.md combines shared pages, databases, and real-time collaboration in a self-hosted workspace with MCP access.
Teams moving shared knowledge and lightweight databases to a server they operate
salt.md is self-hosted and its single-binary setup differs from Notion’s managed service
A readable project map maintained by your agents.
Remnus lets coding agents maintain project pages, decisions, architecture notes, and boards, then gives teams a workspace to review and update them.
Remnus combines pages, databases, and project boards with an MCP workspace designed for coding agents.
Teams that want agents to manage project pages and structured work through MCP
Notion has a broader editor, more integrations, and more mature database views
A team wiki that lives in Git.
Folio is a self-hosted team wiki where pages, tables, whiteboards, and files are stored in a Git repository. People can edit together in real time, and agents can work with the same content through MCP.
Folio is a team wiki with real-time documents, tables, and whiteboards, with content stored in Git.
Teams moving shared knowledge into files they can review and version in Git
Folio is self-hosted and its Git-based workflow differs from Notion’s hosted workspace
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Content last reviewed October 12, 2026