Alternatives

Products that do what Workflowy but Open Source does

Think Workflowy meets OSS with the plugin extensibility of Obsidian and beauty of Linear

1. 1VA
   Vy – a powerful but retro and minimalist IDE▲143

   2019 · github.com

2. 2
   Waffle▲84

   Your github workflow open sourced.

   2014

3. 3
   Flowhub▲85

   Let's Make Code More Playful (Beta Open)

   2014

4. 4
   Workflowy 2.0▲176

   Organize your brain

   2018

5. 5OB
   Opensource.builders, open-source alternatives to commercial software▲161

   2020 · opensource.builders

6. 6RF
   React Flow – library for creating node based editors and apps▲224

   2021 · github.com

7. 7FA
   Free and open-source home for art made with code▲144

   2018 · shadergif.com

8. 8OT
   Odin – The Observable and Distributed Workflow System▲84

   2020 · github.com

9. 9KS
   Koyeb – Simple serverless processing workflows, on any cloud▲66

   2020 · koyeb.com

10. 10SL
    SystemFlow – Like Tailwind, but for Webflow▲33

    2020 · systemflow.co

11. 11MO
    Machinable – open-source Back end-as-a-Service▲6

    2020 · medium.com

12. 12CA
    Cuneiform – A Functional Workflow Language▲39

    2016 · cuneiform-lang.org

13. 13IM
    I made an open-source Replit▲9

    I spent the past few weeks making an open source cloud code editing environment with an AI copilot and multiplayer collaboration! It's fully self-hostable in 5-10 minutes. There's a lot of minor improvements to be made, and some are already listed in the Github issues. Let me know what you think and feel free to try it out.

    2024 · github.com

14. 14PA
    Pancake – a CLI/Emacs web/gopher/file browser▲22

    2017 · defanor.uberspace.net

15. 15BW
    Beautiful Web Type (new version) – detailed guide to open-source type▲12

    2018 · beautifulwebtype.com

16. 16TT
    Toola – the open-source Retool alternative▲7

    2022 · github.com

17. 17TA
    Tobii – An accessible, open-source lightbox with no dependencies▲8

    2021 · github.com

18. 18TI
    TaskFlowy - I created a Workflowy clone that's better for tasks.▲8

    2020 · taskflowy-9a9aa.web.app

19. 19AD
    A distributed workflow engine written in Go▲9

    I'd like to share a project I've been working on for the past few months. It's a distributed workflow engine written entirely in Go. Some highlights: * Tasks are executed in a Docker container * Can run stand-alone or distributed * Highly extensible * Able to enforce limits (CPU/RAM) per task * Web UI Would love the get your feedback on it, and find out if this could be useful.

    2023 · github.com

20. 20IH
    I have created an alternative for Miro▲9

    Hey HN This project took almost two years and is probably one the best alternatives for tools like Miro and MindMeister Let me know what you think

    Nov 2025 · nodeland.io

21. 21GA
    Grav, an Open Source Flat-File CMS▲7

    2014 · getgrav.org

22. 22WA
    Workflow, a “Screen Time” App for Linux▲8

    2019 · gitlab.com

23. 23TD
    Titanoboa – distributed workflows for JVM (written in Clojure)▲12

    2019 · titanoboa.io

24. 24MN
    Mmids – New OSS live video workflow server▲9

    2022 · kalldrexx.github.io

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