Folks, this is the one we’ve been waiting for. This release, in which creating trusted networks with your friends, family and communities in Anytype becomes a reality, is the culmination of nearly five years of R&D. What does this mean for you? Now you can share what matters, with those you care about, knowing that what you share is encrypted and owned by you. Nobody, not Anytype nor any other force in the world, can peek inside or deny your access. From today onward, we warmly welcome you to ...
What is anytype
I should have added context, my bad
https://anytype.io/
They describe themselves as an “open-source self-hosted all-in-one tool”. It behaves and looks similar to Notion, and my understanding is that you can either selfhost for free or use their paid backup service
That still doesn’t explain it. I don’t know what Notion is.
Part of the problem is that I don’t know the extent of what people might use this kind of tool for. It’s a productivity tool that has docs, calendars, databases, and other tools, but people use it in very different ways. Some people use it for documentation, some use it for course notes / planning, some use it to make dashboards, etc.
There’s probably a better way to describe it that I’m not thinking of, so I might recommend checking out the website above until someone else comes along to give a better explanation.
Here’s how Wikipedia describes Notion
Anytype meanwhile is a newer open source and self hosted alternative to the above. Better for privacy etc. There’s another open source version called AppFlowy
Ah I see. Thanks for clarifying.
So basically an office suite? Like Google Docs or MS Office?