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Open source alternatives to SharePoint

We track 5 open-source SharePoint alternatives, of which 1 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 2 ship a Docker image. Nextcloud leads on health at 88/100 with 1960 commits in the last 90 days; across all 5 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0, GPL-2.0 and 2 other licences.

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Alternatives
53k
Combined stars
2,185
Commits / 90 days
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Showing 5 of 5 tools

All 5 SharePoint alternatives, ranked by health

  • Top pick · highest health

    Nextcloud

    88 GOOD

    Access and share your files, calendars, contacts, mail and [more](https://apps.nextcloud.com/) from any device, on your terms.

    ★ 37k · ⟳ today · v32.0.15 · AGPL-3.0

    PHPdeb
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Alfresco Community Edition

    54 SLOWING

    The open source Enterprise Content Management software that handles any type of content, allowing users to easily share and collaborate on content.

    ★ 229 · ⟳ today · LGPL-3.0

    Java
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Papermerge

    47 SLOWING

    Document management system focused on scanned documents (electronic archives). Features file browsing in similar way to dropbox/google drive. OCR, full text search, text overlay/selection.

    ★ 539 · ⟳ 9 days ago · 3.5.3 · Apache-2.0

    DockerK8S
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Seafile

    41 SLOWING

    File hosting and sharing solution primary for teams and organizations.

    ★ 15k · ⟳ 17 days ago · v9.0.5 · GPL-2.0

    C
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Mayan EDMS

    31 STALE

    Electronic document management system for your documents with preview generation, OCR, and automatic categorization among other features.

    ★ 680 · ⟳ 24 days ago · GPL-2.0

    DockerK8S
    Website ↗ Source ↗

SharePoint alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to SharePoint?

Nextcloud scores highest at 88/100, with 1960 commits in the last 90 days, 37k GitHub stars and its latest release (v32.0.15) published 4 days ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.

Which SharePoint alternatives use a permissive licence?

2 of 5 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): Papermerge (Apache-2.0), Seafile (GPL-2.0). 3 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.

Which SharePoint alternatives run in Docker?

2 of 5 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Papermerge, Mayan EDMS. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.