Outline

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Team knowledge base that stays fast as it grows

Outline is a documentation workspace built around search and structure rather than infinite nesting. Collections, a strong editor, and genuinely fast full text search make it usable at the size where most wikis become write-only.

It integrates with Slack and the usual identity providers, and self-hosting keeps internal documentation internal.

Decisive facts

Markdown editor with slash commands and embeds
Full text search that stays fast across thousands of documents
Collections and nested documents with per-collection permissions
SSO through Google, Slack, OIDC, and SAML
Self-hostable with S3-compatible storage

Notes & Knowledge Content Management self-hosted typescript react wiki documentation

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