# Flowplan

> Flowplan is the open-source workspace for documents, databases, whiteboards and a daily journal – an alternative to Notion and AppFlowy. Hosted in Germany or on your own server, without tracking.

- License: AGPL-3.0, source code on GitHub
- Hosted: app.flowplan.org, servers in Germany
- Self-hosted: one Docker container (Next.js, SQLite, optional S3 backup), image ghcr.io/yannicschuller/flowplan
- Sign-in: e-mail and password, passkeys, single sign-on (OIDC)
- Languages: German and English
- Platforms: browser (desktop and phone), web app with push, desktop apps for macOS and Windows, offline on request
- No AI features, no tracking, no sharing with third parties

## Features

### Documents

- Block editor with “/” commands
- Task lists, callouts, toggles
- Up to three columns side by side
- Highlighted code, Mermaid diagrams
- Math with KaTeX
- Images, files, embeds, link cards
- Mentions of people and pages
- Tasks with assignee and due date
- Synced blocks
- Suggestion mode
- Voice notes with transcription
- Focus mode with a word goal
- Versions and restore
- Print and PDF layout

### Databases

- Nine views of the same data
- 19 field types, including formula, relation, rollup
- Filter groups and sorting
- Groups on three levels, swimlanes
- Your own status columns right on the board
- Calculations per column
- Recurrence and reminders
- Record pages with their own layout
- Permissions per record
- Forms, also for guests
- CSV import and export

### Whiteboards

- Notes, shapes, text, freehand with pen pressure
- Mind maps with automatic layout
- Guides, grid, align and stack
- Sort notes by colour, person or votes
- Stamps, laser pointer, “follow me”
- Voting, also anonymous, and a timer
- Image search and icons
- Pages and database records as cards
- Workshop templates, comment pins

### Journal

- A page for every day, automatically
- Daily template and trackers
- Open tasks move along
- Place, photos and appointments of the day
- Streak, heatmap, “on this day”
- Weekly and monthly review
- PIN lock

### Collaboration

- Edit together with live cursors
- Comments and reactions
- Follow pages, seen by …
- Changes since your last visit
- Inbox and push notifications
- Guest links: view, comment, edit live
- Public pages, also to duplicate
- Template gallery

### Organisation

- Workspaces and spaces
- Groups and page permissions
- Search, also in files and scans
- Commands and search with ⌘K
- My tasks across all pages
- Graph of links
- Web clipper and bookmarks
- Favourites, trash, Markdown export

### Operations

- Open source under the AGPL-3.0
- One container with SQLite, no Postgres or Redis
- Passkeys, password or single sign-on (OIDC)
- Permissions per space, page and record
- Continuous backup to S3
- No tracking, no AI analysis
- Offline mode, web app for iPhone
- Desktop apps for macOS and Windows

## Links

- [Documentation](https://docs.flowplan.org/en): every feature and self-hosting
- [Documentation for language models](https://docs.flowplan.org/llms.txt)
- [Installation with Docker](https://docs.flowplan.org/en/installation)
- [Source code](https://github.com/yannicschuller/flowplan)
- [Hosted app](https://app.flowplan.org)
- [Template gallery](https://app.flowplan.org/templates)