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Affine vs AppFlowy

Technical hardware and popularity breakdown for self-hosting Affine and AppFlowy on cloud VPS servers.

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Candidate A

Affine

toeverything/AFFiNE
★ 0

Next-gen all-in-one workspace for notes, docs, and visual whiteboards with local-first privacy.

Min RAM
2 GB
CPU Cores
2 vCPU
Disk Storage
20 GB
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Candidate B

AppFlowy

AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy
★ 56.8k

Privacy-first open-source alternative to Notion, built with Rust and Flutter for fast desktop and mobile note-taking.

Min RAM
1 GB
Lower RAM
CPU Cores
1 vCPU
Disk Storage
15 GB
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Full Technical Benchmark Breakdown

Specification Affine AppFlowy Advantage
Primary Category productivity productivity —
Minimum RAM Required 2 GB 1 GB AppFlowy (1 GB lighter)
GitHub Stars ★ 0 ★ 56,800 AppFlowy (+56,800 stars)
GitHub Forks 0 3,800 AppFlowy
License FOSS AGPL-3.0 Open-Source
Primary Language N/A Rust —
Docker Image ghcr.io/toeverything/affine:stable appflowyio/appflowy_cloud:latest Both Container Ready
Multi-App Server Sizing

Can You Run Both Affine & AppFlowy Together?

Yes! Running both simultaneously requires approximately 5 GB RAM including host OS and Docker daemon buffers. A single standard $6-$10/mo cloud VPS easily hosts both without bottlenecks.

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