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HedgeDocOutline
Free

The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…

 Freemium

Hosted plans are paid. Self-hosting is possible under the source-available Business Source…

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Real-time collaborative editing with a live Markdown preview
  • Presentation mode turns a note into slides without export
  • Fast collaborative editor with slash commands and nested collections
  • Version 2 has been in development for a long time while 1.x is what most people run
  • Source-available under the Business Source License, not open source
  • The hosted plan is paid and self-hosting needs Postgres, Redis and object storage
Self-hosted, Web application Self-hosted, Web application, Hosted service
Open source Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0 License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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