--- title: Install Docmost - Open Source Notion Clone | daily.dev description: DocMost is an open-source alternative to Notion, aimed at providing a self-hosted knowledge base tool. The guide walks through setting up DocMost on a server... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/install-docmost---open-source-notion-clone-snyhuaesv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Install Docmost - Open Source Notion Clone | daily.dev og:description: DocMost is an open-source alternative to Notion, aimed at providing a self-hosted knowledge base tool. The guide walks through setting up DocMost on a server... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/install-docmost---open-source-notion-clone-snyhuaesv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SNYhUAesv.png og:image:alt: Install Docmost - Open Source Notion Clone 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. # Install Docmost - Open Source Notion Clone **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 1574 upvotes · 66 comments ## Summary DocMost is an open-source alternative to Notion, aimed at providing a self-hosted knowledge base tool. The guide walks through setting up DocMost on a server using Docker and Traefik for SSL certificate management. It covers getting a root server, setting up DNS, installing DocMost, configuring Docker Compose, and details essential steps and troubleshooting tips. The setup is basic and intended for testing; for production, additional security steps are recommended. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@mathieu\_cstn** · 28 upvotes > Great, I was looking for a Notion alternative. > Now I wondering where to find a Jira, Miro alternative for students **@deejaydev** · 3 upvotes > I tried to switch to Obsidian some weeks ago, but I still use notion...Alot. **@pedropmelojs** · 1 upvotes > Isnt notion free ? There is allways some paid stuff like to work together bu really think that notion is not really made to do that compared to other software and were made from scratch. **@noricode** · 1 upvotes > just have a doc and excel sheet nearby **@abdullahmujahidali** · 1 upvotes > Nice alternative ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#infrastructure](https://daily.dev/tags/infrastructure), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#self-hosting](https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/install-docmost---open-source-notion-clone-snyhuaesv) ```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":"Install Docmost - Open Source Notion Clone","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/install-docmost---open-source-notion-clone-snyhuaesv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/install-docmost---open-source-notion-clone-snyhuaesv"},"datePublished":"2024-07-23T12:38:05.000Z","dateModified":"2024-10-05T18:22:54.969Z","description":"DocMost is an open-source alternative to Notion, aimed at providing a self-hosted knowledge base tool. 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