AFFiNE

Privacy-focused knowledge base and workspace — an open-source alternative to Notion.

Image	ghcr.io/toeverything/affine:stable
Web UI	http://your-server:3010
Config path	{BASE_DIR}/affine/config
Website	affine.pro
Source code	GitHub

Resource Impact

Performance	Medium — Knowledge base engine
Storage	Medium — PostgreSQL database

Installation

mithrandir install affine

Architecture

AFFiNE runs as a multi-container stack:

Container	Description
affine_server	Main AFFiNE application server (port 3010)
affine_migration_job	Database migration job (runs once on startup)
affine_postgres	PostgreSQL 16 with pgvector extension
affine_redis	Redis for caching and session management

Secrets

Variable	Description
AFFINE_DB_PASSWORD	PostgreSQL password (default: affine)
AFFINE_DB_USERNAME	PostgreSQL username (default: affine)

Setup

• Open the web UI at http://your-server:3010
• Create an account and start using AFFiNE

Clients

Mobile clients for AFFiNE are available for iOS and Android.