Docmost vs Document360
Docmost and Document360 are both wiki and knowledge base software. Docmost is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 22k GitHub stars. Document360 is a commercial product from Kovai.co.
Which to pick
- Pick Docmost when
- A team wants Confluence-style documentation it can self-host on Postgres.
- Pick Document360 when
- A software company needs a branded customer help centre with structured articles and search.
Side by side
A collaborative wiki with real-time editing, spaces, permissions, comments and built-in diagrams, as a Confluence or Notion alternative.
A knowledge base builder for public help centres and internal docs, with versioning, categories, analytics and an AI chatbot.
Still pre-1.0, AGPL licensed, with some features in a paid enterprise edition.
Pricing climbs quickly by tier, and help desk suites like Zendesk include a knowledge base already.
Usable
Production-ready
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Cloud service
TypeScript, React, NestJS, PostgreSQL and Redis
Not published
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft)
Closed source, sold by Kovai.co
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
22k GitHub stars
No Wikipedia article of its own
Established: started 3 years ago, latest release v0.97.0.
Not known
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.