AFFiNE: Notes, Whiteboard AI

AFFiNE is an open-source, local-first workspace for notes, docs, whiteboards, tasks, knowledge bases, Markdown, and AI.

Built in public and trusted by a global open-source community with around 70K GitHub stars and more than 7 million downloads, AFFiNE gives you one place to write, draw, plan, organize knowledge, and keep control of your work.

Whether you're capturing personal ideas, organizing class notes, planning a project with a team, building a second brain, or mapping a complex workflow, AFFiNE helps you move from scattered thoughts to structured work without switching between separate note, whiteboard, and task apps.

WHY AFFiNE?

OPEN-SOURCE AND LOCAL-FIRST

AFFiNE started as an open-source project and continues to focus on transparent, user-owned knowledge work.

- Work with a product built around openness and data control

- Use local-first workflows for personal knowledge and project planning

- Choose AFFiNE Cloud or self-hosted workflows for your workspace

- Keep Markdown and portability at the center of your writing system

NOTES & DOCS

Write everything from quick notes to long-form documents.

- Capture ideas, journals, meeting notes, class notes, and project plans

- Structure information with flexible blocks and connected pages

- Use Markdown for clear, portable writing

- Turn rough thoughts into organized documents with AI

WHITEBOARDS & VISUAL THINKING

Switch from structured documents to an infinite canvas whenever ideas need space.

- Create mind maps, diagrams, visual notes, and brainstorming boards

- Plan product ideas, research flows, study maps, or team workflows

- Connect visual thinking with written notes instead of keeping them in separate tools

TASKS & PROJECTS

Bring planning and execution into the same workspace.

- Track to-dos, project notes, decisions, and next steps

- Keep tasks close to the documents and whiteboards that explain the work

- Organize personal workflows, student projects, creator work, and team planning

AI FOR KNOWLEDGE WORK

Use AI to help you write, summarize, and structure ideas.

- Draft notes and documents faster

- Summarize messy information into clearer outlines

- Turn brainstorming into structured next steps

- Use AI inside the workspace where your context already lives

FOR PERSONAL USE

AFFiNE works for notes, journals, study planning, research, reading lists, personal knowledge management, and second-brain workflows.

FOR TEAMS AND SELF-HOSTED WORKFLOWS

Use AFFiNE for shared project knowledge, planning, docs, visual collaboration, and self-hosted workspace needs.

SYNC ACROSS DEVICES

Keep working across iPhone, iPad, desktop, and web. Start with a thought on mobile, expand it on a canvas, and turn it into organized knowledge when you're back at your desk.

AFFiNE is for people who want the flexibility of documents, the freedom of a whiteboard, the structure of tasks, and the trust of open-source software in one workspace.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/