Question 1

AFFiNE or WeKnora: which should a small business choose?

Accepted Answer

Choose AFFiNE if you want: lighter official recommended (2 GB vs 8 GB RAM) and larger community (74.0k vs 36.1k GitHub stars). Choose WeKnora if you want: fewer license conditions (Permissive vs Open core).

Question 2

Which is cheaper to self-host, AFFiNE or WeKnora?

Accepted Answer

AFFiNE: from €35.99/mo. WeKnora: from €35.99/mo. Our estimate is the cheapest Hetzner Cloud plan that meets each project's official RAM and vCPU figure; it covers the server only.

Question 3

How much hardware do AFFiNE and WeKnora need?

Accepted Answer

AFFiNE: recommended 4 vCPU · 2 GB RAM (no separate minimum published). WeKnora: recommended 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM (no separate minimum published).

Question 4

What is the license difference between AFFiNE and WeKnora?

Accepted Answer

AFFiNE: MIT (Community Edition) with Enterprise Edition license for server code (Open core). The README says the Community Edition is free to self-host under the MIT license. The server code under packages/backend carries an AFFiNE Enterprise Edition license that applies to parts not distributed as Community Edition. Self-hosted workspaces get up to 10 seats; more seats need a paid Team Plan or Installable License. WeKnora: MIT (with third-party components) (Permissive). MIT for WeKnora itself; bundled third-party components keep their own licenses, listed in the LICENSE file. Internal and commercial use allowed. This is a summary, not legal advice.

Question 5

Is AFFiNE or WeKnora more actively maintained?

Accepted Answer

AFFiNE: Active, last commit Oct 27, 2026. WeKnora: Active, last commit Oct 30, 2026. GitHub data refreshed Oct 31, 2026.

Question 6

Which is easier to deploy, AFFiNE or WeKnora?

Accepted Answer

AFFiNE installs via Docker Compose (official images) (multi-container stack); WeKnora via Docker Compose (multi-container stack). AFFiNE lists 4 known gotchas and WeKnora lists 4; see each app page.

	AFFiNE	WeKnora
Category	Knowledge base & RAG	Knowledge base & RAG
What it is	Notion- and Miro-style workspace (docs, whiteboards, databases) with built-in AI, self-hostable with Docker.	Tencent's open-source knowledge-base and agent platform with document parsing, RAG and team workspaces.
License	MIT (Community Edition) with Enterprise Edition license for server code	MIT (with third-party components)
License type	Open core	Permissive
License conditions	The README says the Community Edition is free to self-host under the MIT license. The server code under packages/backend carries an AFFiNE Enterprise Edition license that applies to parts not distributed as Community Edition. Self-hosted workspaces get up to 10 seats; more seats need a paid Team Plan or Installable License.	MIT for WeKnora itself; bundled third-party components keep their own licenses, listed in the LICENSE file. Internal and commercial use allowed.
Status	Active	Active
GitHub stars	74.0k	36.1k
Last commit	Oct 27, 2026	Oct 30, 2026
Latest release	v0.27.4	v0.9.0
Minimum hardware	Not published	Not published
Recommended hardware	4 vCPU · 2 GB RAM	4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM
RAM measured by us	Not tested yet	Not tested yet
GPU	Not required / not stated	Not required. Local models run through Ollama or another model service you configure.
Est. server cost	from €35.99/mo	from €35.99/mo
Deploy method	Docker Compose (official images)	Docker Compose
Known gotchas	4 listed	4 listed
Telemetry	Not documented	Not documented
Calls home by default	Not documented	Not documented
SSO (OIDC / SAML / LDAP)	Free with limits (OIDC free)	Free (OIDC free)
Audit log	Not documented	Yes, free
RBAC	Not documented	Yes, free
Details	Full AFFiNE guide →	Full WeKnora guide →

AFFiNE vs WeKnora

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