notion alternative

Thurrott’s “Switcher 2026” examines Paul Thurrott’s latest attempt, published in May 2026, to replace Notion with a file-based, Markdown-friendly notes system, with the new open-source app Tolaria emerging as the most promising but still incomplete candidate. The larger story is not simply one...

I spent more than five years inside Notion’s orbit, but quitting it for AFFiNE has been the single most practical change to how I capture, plan, and organize work—and the experience is instructive for anyone considering a self-hosted, open-source Notion alternative. rview AFFiNE bills itself as...