Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Google Docs

Google Docs

Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google. subtitle

Product categories

Cloud Storage Content Collaboration Design Tools Knowledge Base Note Taking PDF PDF Creator PDF Editor PDF Tools Project Management Task Management Todos

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Google Docs are Notion, pdfFiller, and Simplenote. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Notion Landing Page
1

Notion

All-in-one workspace. One tool for your whole team. Write, plan, and get organized.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Productivity #Work Collaboration #Note Taking 438 social mentions
pdfFiller Landing Page
2

pdfFiller

A comprehensive online document management platform that provides the services of an online editor, cloud storage platform, and a signature request manager, all in one package.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $8.0 / Monthly (annual commitment)
#PDF Tools #PDF Editor #eSignature 7 social mentions
Simplenote Landing Page
3

Simplenote

The simplest way to keep notes. Light, clean, and free. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, and the web.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Task Management #Project Management 78 social mentions
AppFlowy Landing Page
4

AppFlowy

AppFlowy is an open source alternative to Notion. You are in charge of your data and customizations.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Project Management #Task Management #Note Taking 9 social mentions
Joplin Landing Page
5

Joplin

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Note Taking #Notes #Todos 350 social mentions
Scribus Landing Page
6

Scribus

Scribus is a desktop publishing (DTP) application.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Design Tools #PDF Editor #Graphic Design Software
Foam Landing Page
7

Foam

Personal knowledge management and sharing on VSCode & GitHub
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Knowledge Base #Knowledge Management 45 social mentions
Cryptee Landing Page
8

Cryptee

Cryptee is a safety and privacy focused, encrypted and cross-platform personal data storage service. You can write personal documents, notes, journals, store photos and all sorts of other files.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- €3.0 / Monthly (10GB)
#Photos #Note Taking #Cloud Storage 79 social mentions
QPDF Landing Page
9

QPDF

QPDF is a command-line program that does structural, content-preserving transformations on PDF...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#PDF Tools #PDF Editor #PDF Creator 11 social mentions
MuPDF Landing Page
10

MuPDF

MuPDF is a lightweight PDF and XPS viewer.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#PDF Tools #PDF Readers And Editors #PDF Editor 20 social mentions
Wiki.js Landing Page
11

Wiki.js

An open source, modern and powerful wiki app built on Node.js, Git, and Markdown.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#WiKi #Knowledge Base #Documentation 67 social mentions
UniDoc.io Landing Page
12

UniDoc.io

PDF & Office Libraries In Pure Golang.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $1500.0 / Annually (Individual License)
#Golang IDE #Software Libraries #Multimedia Library 7 social mentions