Overview
AFFiNE puts docs, whiteboards and databases in one local-first workspace, so the same page can be an outline or an infinite canvas. That fits content planning, where the calendar and the mind map are often the same artefact. It's open source and works offline, with an AI copilot as a paid add-on. There's no public API.
Key Features
- ✓Docs, whiteboards and databases in one local-first workspace
- ✓Works fully offline with local storage
- ✓AFFiNE AI copilot as a paid add-on
- ✓Open source with self-hosting available
- ✓Community third-party MCP server (wraps internal APIs, unofficial)
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