Check its license. It has its own license: read it before using it for work.

Is AFFiNE still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v2026.11.7-canary.904, today.

Widely used. 74k stars, 4 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Reading the repo

Opening the box…

How to install on Windows

toeverything/AFFiNE

There can be more than Notion and Miro. AFFiNE(pronounced [ə‘fain]) is a next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together. Privacy first, open-source, customizable and ready to use.

Node.jsViteRust#app#crdt#editor#electron

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 74,291
Activity: Updated this month
License: Not detected
Open issues: 804
Got it running: Be the first
Looked up: 2 h ago

Saved setup from 2 h ago

Before you start

Is it free?: Check its licenseIt has its own license: read it before using it for work.
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v2026.11.7-canary.904, today.
Can I trust it?: Widely used74k stars, 4 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Start here

Website ↗affine.proThe project's own site.Docs ↗docs.affine.proLinked from the README.In the browser ↗Open in GitHub CodespacesThe repo ships a dev container, so nothing to install.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it runs on Windows

Apps are only published for macOS and Linux.
You'll build it yourself with Node.js, Rust.

Checking for

macOS Windows Linux

No Windows app in the box

No ready-made Windows app or install command in v2026.11.7-canary.904. There are apps for macOS and Linux.

Did you get it running?

No reports for Windows yet.

Still stuck? Ask an AI

Opens a chat with this manual already filled in, for Windows. It uses your own account; gitmanual sends nothing.

Ask Claude Ask ChatGPT

Parts list

1×Node.js 22.23.4runtime
1×Rust 1.97.1runtime
1×yarn yarn@4.18.0package manager

4× settings in .env

DB_VERSION
DB_PASSWORDsecret
DB_USERNAME
DB_DATABASE_NAME

Share this manual

Is this your repo?

Add a badge to your README so newcomers find these steps.

[![Setup manual](https://gitmanual.com/toeverything/AFFiNE/badge.svg)](https://gitmanual.com/toeverything/AFFiNE)

Good to know

Monorepo (workspaces) — install from the repo root.
Cargo workspace — pick a crate with cargo run -p <name>.
Dev Container config found — you can open it in VS Code Dev Containers or GitHub Codespaces for a zero-setup environment.
Nested projects: blocksuite/affine/all/package.json, blocksuite/affine/blocks/attachment/package.json, blocksuite/affine/blocks/bookmark/package.json, blocksuite/affine/blocks/callout/package.json and 11 more

package.json scripts (15)

affiner affine.ts
afr affine.ts
devyarn affine dev
buildyarn affine build
lint:formatoxfmt --check .
lint:format:fixoxfmt --write .
lint:oxoxlint --deny-warnings
lint:ox:fixyarn lint:ox --fix
lintyarn lint:ox && yarn lint:format
lint:fixyarn lint:ox:fix && yarn lint:format:fix
testvitest --run
test:uivitest --ui
test:coveragevitest run --coverage
typechecktsc -b tsconfig.json --verbose
postinstallyarn affine init && yarn husky

Files we read (14)

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

.docker/dev/.env.example

.github/workflows/auto-labeler.yml

.github/workflows/build-images.yml

.github/workflows/build-test.yml

.github/workflows/copilot-test-automatically.yml

.github/workflows/copilot-test.yml

.github/workflows/pr-title-lint.yml

.nvmrc

Cargo.toml

README.md

docs/BUILDING.md

package.json

rust-toolchain.toml

Branch canary · 10,241 files in the repo