Colanode

Collaboration suite with real-time messaging, rich text pages, file management, and dynamic databases - built for offline work (alternative to Slack, Notion).

Maintained Last commit · 8 releases in the past year · 39 commits in the past 12 months

At a glance

GitHub stars
5.2k
Last commit
2026-04-03
Latest release
v0.4.7
2026-04-03
Commits (12 mo)
39
Releases (12 mo)
8
License
Apache-2.0
Language / platform
K8S, Docker

Maintenance health: Maintained

Last commit within the past 12 months. Last commit · 8 releases in the past year · 39 commits in the past 12 months.

How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from awesome-selfhosted-data (refreshed daily from GitHub); release counts from the GitHub releases feed (includes pre-releases).

Run Colanode yourself

  • RAM: ~4 GB server (2 vCPU)
  • Docker: yes
  • Storage: plan disk for your data (media/files grow fast); attach a volume or use object storage.

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr4 GB$20Deploy →
DigitalOcean4 GB$24Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)4 GB$24Deploy →

Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

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