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AFFiNE Community Editionvsjotsy

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AFFiNE Community Editionjotsy
Score83/10042/100
Rank in category#2 of 42 in Knowledge Management#62 of 81 in Notes & Editors
GitHub stars73 943514
Stars, last 30 days+1 029—
Stable releases, 12 months40
Latest releasev0.27.4 · 17 Aug 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptRust

Which one should you pick?

AFFiNE Community Edition scores 83/100 against 42/100 for jotsy, so it is the safer default.

AFFiNE Community Edition ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for jotsy.

If you want the quickest setup, jotsy is easier to run; AFFiNE Community Edition needs more configuration.

AFFiNE Community Edition is growing faster right now (+1 029 stars in 30 days).

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