Docs
Scalable collaborative wiki and documentation platform by La Suite Numérique
Overview
Docs is a collaborative note-taking, wiki, and documentation platform developed by the French government's La Suite Numérique program. It offers a block-based rich-text editor, workspace organization, and real-time multi-user editing designed to scale to large organizations. The project is built with Django and React, uses PostgreSQL and Redis, and is designed for Kubernetes deployment, though Docker Compose configurations are also available. It aims to be a sovereign, privacy-respecting alternative to Notion and Confluence.
Where it falls short of Notion
- Relatively young project; ecosystem of integrations (plugins, API clients) is still maturing.
- Database and storage setup requires external PostgreSQL and object-storage configuration.
- No native mobile app; browser-only.
- Feature parity with Notion (databases, kanban, formulas) is not yet reached.
We list the gaps honestly so you can decide if the trade-off is worth owning your data.
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