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Outline is a modern team wiki — Markdown-first, real-time collaborative, with a sleek block-based editor. Built for engineering teams who want Notion's UX without Notion's pricing or data-residency concerns. Strong on writing flow, navigation, search.

Install via WHMCS → Visit getoutline.com ↗
📝 Productivity & Business Min 1024 MB RAM Port 3000 (http) Tier pro
// What it is

A closer look.

Outline is a modern team wiki — Markdown-first, real-time collaborative, with a sleek block-based editor. Built for engineering teams who want Notion's UX without Notion's pricing or data-residency concerns. Strong on writing flow, navigation, search.

The "boring, focused" wiki choice — does docs really well, doesn't try to be a Swiss army knife.

// Use cases

What it's for.

Concrete scenarios where teams pick Outline over the SaaS alternative.

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Team knowledge base

engineering wiki, product specs, onboarding docs

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Internal documentation

runbooks, processes, policies

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Customer-facing help centers

public Outline instances as KB

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Personal knowledge

solo wiki for notes and research

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Cross-team handbooks

single source of truth for company processes

// Who it's for

Built for these teams.

If your team profile matches one of these, Outline is a strong fit out of the box.

Profile A

Engineering teams

writing technical docs, runbooks, architecture decisions

Profile B

Product teams

maintaining product specs, user research, decision logs

Profile C

HR / operations

building company handbooks and process docs

Profile D

Customer support

maintaining public help centers / KB

Profile E

Startups

establishing documentation culture from day one

// Differentiators

Why teams pick Outline.

When evaluating self-hosted options for this category, here are the dimensions on which Outline consistently lands above the alternatives.

  • ✓Markdown-first — content is portable, version-controlled, future-proof
  • ✓Real-time collaboration — multiple users editing same doc
  • ✓Beautiful editor — block-based, slash commands, code blocks, embeds
  • ✓BSL license — (with conversion to MIT after 4 years) — self-host clear, commercial supportable
  • ✓Strong search — full-text + permission-aware
  • ✓API + Webhooks — programmatic doc management
// Integrations

Connects to.

The stack you'll plug Outline into — services, protocols, and adjacent apps in the BluixApps catalog.

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Identity providers
Google, Slack, Microsoft, generic OAuth, SAML
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Notification channels
Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams
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Embeddable content
Figma, Loom, YouTube, GitHub, Spotify, Code Sandbox
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File storage
S3-compatible backend for attachments
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Search
built-in Postgres full-text + optional Elasticsearch
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API
REST endpoints for doc CRUD
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Webhooks
fire on doc create / update / publish
// Adoption & deployment

Notable users & community

  • 28k+ GitHub stars
  • Used by Linear, Loom, Vercel, Cloudflare for internal docs
  • Active Discord community
  • Backed by Outline (DK-based) — sustainable open-core European company
  • Frequent releases with public roadmap

What we ship

  • Docker compose: Outline + Postgres + Redis + MinIO
  • Pinned outlinewiki/outline:0.81.0 (release-tagged)
  • HTTPS via Let's Encrypt; OAuth providers documented for setup
  • MinIO bucket for attachments
  • Admin user created via first-run OAuth flow
  • Persistent volumes for Postgres + MinIO
  • Backup hook covers Postgres + MinIO bucket
// Tips & operations

Run it properly.

Operational guidance from running this in production — what to do before you scale, what to lock down, what surprises people.

// PERFORMANCE
Use S3 for attachments
local storage grows fast; offload to MinIO / S3 from day one
// SECURITY
Pre-configure SMTP
invite + notification emails break silently otherwise
// OPERATIONS
OAuth SSO from start
local accounts are painful to manage at scale; wire OAuth from day one
// RELIABILITY
Persist Postgres + uploads
both contain content; volume mount essential
// DEPLOYMENT
Public collections
share read-only docs externally without account requirement
// SCALING
Search performance
Postgres FTS fine to ~10k docs; Elasticsearch for larger
1024
// min ram (MB)
10
// min disk (GB)
3000
// access port
http
// protocol
pro
// bluixapps tier
postgres:15-alpine · redis:7-alpine · outlinewiki/outline:latest
// docker image

Project resources

Official sitegetoutline.com ↗
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