Alternatives to Notion

Self-hostable Airtable alternative

Turn any SQL database into a spreadsheet interface, and it actually works well. NocoDB sits on top of your existing MySQL, Postgres, or SQLite database and gives non-technical teammates a familiar Airtable-like view without migrating data anywhere.

Open source Notion alternative

AppFlowy is the open source Notion alternative that actually respects local-first. Your data lives on your device, syncs optionally, and you can self-host the backend.

Build cross-platform desktop apps with JS/HTML/CSS

Electron packages a Chromium browser and Node.js runtime so you can ship web apps as desktop applications. VS Code, Discord, Slack, Figma, Notion — the apps you use daily are probably Electron under the hood.