Anytype

Decentralized Applications

Local-first, end-to-end encrypted 'everything app' combining notes, docs, tasks, databases, chats, and spaces with peer-to-peer sync and offline-first design

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License MIT
Dev Status Released
Owner Any Association (Swiss association, Zug)
Country Zug
Start Year 2019
Stack any-sync protocol, Go, TypeScript, Swift, Kotlin, gRPC, IPLD
Funding Donations
Last Investigated Mar 10, 2026

Use Case Domains

Co-Creation & Knowledge Platform Evolution & Sovereignty

Affordances

Conflict-free editing Local-first storage Data portability Self-hostable

Decentralized Application Attributes

Use Case Category Knowledge Management + Collaboration + Note-taking
User Interface Type Block-based, document-centric UI with pages, databases, chats, and spaces
Offline Capabilities Full functionality offline (local-first architecture)
Collaboration Features Spaces for shared projects/teams; multiplayer real-time editing via any-sync CRDTs
Data Portability Exports to Markdown and AnyType blocks; open protocol for future independent apps
Integration Ecosystem MCP server for AI assistants; Raycast extension; Anytype API developer portal
Prosocial Coherence N/A
Economic Flows N/A
Governance & Decision Making Governed by Any Association (Swiss law); digital cooperative model; contributors can become governors
Media / Publishing Yes (limited — publish-to-web)
Knowledge Management Yes (knowledge graph of objects and relations; linked information and custom types)
Sensemaking Yes (graph view, linked objects, custom types and relations)
Project Management Yes (tasks, databases, Kanban views)
Data Sovereignty Full: E2E encrypted, local-first, P2P synced; any-sync nodes self-hostable; data never accessible to Any Association