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Show HN: AppFlowy – An Open-Source Notion Alternative Built with Flutter (github.com)

24 points by EthanBlackwood ↗ HN
Hey

I recently stumbled upon AppFlowy (https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy), an open-source project that caught my attention. It's essentially a Notion-like workspace, but with a twist:

Built with Flutter (front-end) and Rust (back-end) Fully open-source and self-hostable Focuses on data privacy and ownership What I find interesting:

The tech stack choice - combining Flutter's UI capabilities with Rust's performance It's positioning as a privacy-focused alternative to Notion The potential for customization and extension due to its open-source nature

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Aiden242
Interesting find! Will definitely check it out. Thanks for sharing!
refulgentis
Really really good Flutter code. Rooting for them.
amelius
Wish they had an online demo.
ENadyr
On iOS, at least, you can “continue anonymously’ which is basically a demo. Looks pretty polished to me!
IG_Semmelweiss
What is the likelyhood of a nonprogrammer to figure out how to self host this ?

And, same type of question, but in relation to email integration ?

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ramon156
Can anyone confirm whether the AI functions provide any value? I don't want to be biased, but its the first sentence in the readme
cassianoleal
> AI features are only enabled after logging in with AppFlowy Cloud.

They promise local AI but require a cloud login to even enable it. I didn't go past that.

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freeplay
Looks solid.

Side note: why do these open source alternatives always have such terrible names?

pokstad
With a name like this, I would expect it to be more like a Workflowy clone.
itohihiyt
I understand rust is faster than dart but wonder why rust was used over dart. As I understand it dart can be used for the backend and there would be no need for interop between flutter and rust if dart was used. Just interested in the choices.