Docmost — Open Source Collaborative Wiki & Documentation

What it is

Docmost is an open-source collaborative wiki and documentation platform. It serves as a self-hosted alternative to Confluence and Notion, providing real-time collaboration, a rich block-based editor, permission management, and organized workspaces for team knowledge. Teams write, share, and maintain documentation without relying on SaaS platforms.

Docmost targets organizations that want team documentation under their own control. It provides the collaborative editing experience of modern doc tools with the data ownership of self-hosting.

Why it saves time or tokens

Team knowledge scattered across Slack messages, Google Docs, and personal notes is impossible to search effectively. Docmost centralizes documentation in a structured, searchable format. For AI-assisted development, having documentation in a self-hosted system with an API means AI agents can read and update docs programmatically, keeping documentation in sync with code changes.

How to use

1. Deploy Docmost with Docker Compose using the official configuration
2. Create a workspace and invite team members
3. Start writing documentation with the rich block editor

Example

# docker-compose.yml
version: '3'
services:
  docmost:
    image: docmost/docmost:latest
    ports:
      - '3000:3000'
    environment:
      DATABASE_URL: postgres://docmost:password@postgres:5432/docmost
      REDIS_URL: redis://redis:6379
      APP_SECRET: your-secret-key
    depends_on:
      - postgres
      - redis
  postgres:
    image: postgres:16
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: docmost
      POSTGRES_USER: docmost
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
  redis:
    image: redis:7

Related on TokRepo

• AI tools for documentation — documentation tools on TokRepo
• AI tools for self-hosted — self-hosted team tools

Common pitfalls

• Docmost requires PostgreSQL and Redis; ensure proper backup procedures for the database as it contains all documentation
• Real-time collaboration needs WebSocket support; reverse proxy configurations must enable WebSocket passthrough
• Migrating from Confluence or Notion requires export/import work; there is no automated one-click migration tool