--- title: Initiative: A Self-Hosted Workspace for Groups | daily.dev description: Initiative is a self-hosted shared workspace for groups, built by Beyonders Studio. It combines task boards, real-time collaborative documents, whiteboards and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/initiative-a-self-hosted-workspace-for-groups-2eascgcoe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Initiative: A Self-Hosted Workspace for Groups | daily.dev og:description: Initiative is a self-hosted shared workspace for groups, built by Beyonders Studio. It combines task boards, real-time collaborative documents, whiteboards and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/initiative-a-self-hosted-workspace-for-groups-2eascgcoe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2eAsCGCOe.png og:image:alt: Initiative: A Self-Hosted Workspace for Groups og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Initiative: A Self-Hosted Workspace for Groups **[Noted](https://daily.dev/sources/noted)** · [@noted](https://daily.dev/noted) · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Initiative is a self-hosted shared workspace for groups, built by Beyonders Studio. It combines task boards, real-time collaborative documents, whiteboards and spreadsheets in one place. Communities can have their own members and permissions, with smaller initiatives inside them, letting a server host multiple separate groups. It deploys via Docker Compose with an Initiative container and PostgreSQL, supports AMD64 and ARM64, and defaults to port 8173. It's still pre-1.0, so its API may change between minor releases, and development images aren't recommended for production. The core app is AGPL-3.0 licensed, with Beyonders Studio keeping automation and billing as proprietary hosted features. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I deploy the Initiative self-hosted workspace app with Docker? The official installation uses Docker Compose with an Initiative container plus a PostgreSQL database. The image supports both AMD64 and ARM64 architectures, and the web interface listens on port 8173 by default. Before inviting anyone, you need to configure the application address and a secret key; the first account registered becomes the server owner. _daily.dev surfaces self-hosting guides like this for developers setting up their own community tools._ ### What license does the Initiative project management app use? Initiative's self-hosted core application is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Beyonders Studio, the developer, describes the project as open core, keeping proprietary automation and billing components for its separate hosted service. The extension registry is maintained outside the self-hosted server, though the core application itself doesn't require a paid cloud account. _Developers weighing open-core licensing trade-offs can track projects like this one on daily.dev._ ### Is it safe to run development builds of the Initiative app in production? No, the developers advise against using development images on servers you care about. Database migrations from unreleased builds may not have a straightforward upgrade path, since the project is still below version 1.0 and its API may change between minor releases. Sticking with a published release and backing up PostgreSQL before updating is recommended. _daily.dev helps self-hosters stay cautious about pre-1.0 software before trusting it with real data._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [These self-hosted productivity tools did something mainstream apps couldn't — they actually stuck](https://daily.dev/posts/these-self-hosted-productivity-tools-did-something-mainstream-apps-couldn-t-they-actually-stuck-5gtw96zlt) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Self-Host Weekly \(31 July 2026\)](https://daily.dev/posts/self-host-weekly-31-july-2026--gwrpgfrsh) · selfh.st · 16 upvotes · 0 comments - [I wanted a private AI app hosting platform, so I built one.](https://daily.dev/posts/i-wanted-a-private-ai-app-hosting-platform-so-i-built-one--zetuay0vw) · Medium · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [A Joint Venture of Open Source Proportions\! Open Productivity is Here](https://daily.dev/posts/a-joint-venture-of-open-source-proportions-open-productivity-is-here-8vf2pfvkl) · It's Foss · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#project-management](https://daily.dev/tags/project-management), [#self-hosting](https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting), [#docker-compose](https://daily.dev/tags/docker-compose) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/initiative-a-self-hosted-workspace-for-groups-2eascgcoe) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Initiative: A Self-Hosted Workspace for Groups","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/initiative-a-self-hosted-workspace-for-groups-2eascgcoe","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/initiative-a-self-hosted-workspace-for-groups-2eascgcoe"},"datePublished":"2026-10-26T12:00:24.320Z","dateModified":"2026-10-27T09:00:35.830Z","description":"Initiative is a self-hosted shared workspace for groups, built by Beyonders Studio. 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