Outline - a Notion-like open source app

[A Former User]

Supposedly "open source" but has no native login --- Outline is taking the Mickey!

[jdaviescoates]

@Hillside502 looks like there is movement on this front

https://github.com/outline/outline/issues/1177#issuecomment-603672773

[yusf]

Can’t we just have that LDAP PR included in a Cloudron app package and call it a day?

[girish]

I think they are integrating passport auth. If that's integrated, LDAP is easy to add.

[3246]

I notion but never liked the fact I rely on a third party service for some personal data.

+1 for Outline

[marcusquinn]

Posted some similar alternatives here for interest:

https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/2220/notion-like-foss-app/24?_=1594590712165

[ianhyzy]

bumping this, looks like they're very close to merging passport.js changes: https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/1183

[marcusquinn]

@ianhyzy Nice, watching this one with interest!

[marcusquinn]

Just checked, don't see any progress on this unless I'm missing something?

[yusf]

@marcusquinn The action is in develop branch.

[lucidfox]

Any updates on getting Outline on to Cloudron?

I've been playing around with a hosted version, and have to say Outline seems very intuitive and easy to use, compared with some of the alternatives (on Cloudron and otherwise).

[jdaviescoates]

@lucidfox said in Outline - a Notion-like open source app:

Any updates on getting Outline on to Cloudron?

I think at present it still only possible to login with Google and Slack.

Apparently this is the current block:
https://github.com/outline/outline/issues/1317

[lucidfox]

@jdaviescoates mmm... that's a pity. hopefully they'll add other authentication options soon.

[jdaviescoates]

@lucidfox it looks like a relevant pull request adding other authentication methods has now been merged!

https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/1934

Now we just need someone to package it for Cloudron!

[A Former User]

I'd personally love to use this so I don't mind taking a crack at it. Can't until after this weekend though so if anyone else wants to go for it... go nuts.

[lucidfox]

@atrilahiji that would be brilliant! I don't have any packaging skills, but happy to help with testing or anything else.

[jdaviescoates]

@atrilahiji the developer said new versions come monthlyish around the 15ish and so a version with the new authentication method likely not available until after the weekend anyway.

And I'm not actually sure if it's ready for self-hosting yet (it wasn't initially designed for that) but be great for people here with relevant skills to take a look

[jdaviescoates]

@jdaviescoates said in Outline - a Notion-like open source app:

ready for self-hosting yet

It looks like there are still a few things to be done before the new authentication options are available:

https://github.com/outline/outline/projects/5

[jdaviescoates]

@jouel I think searching before posting is a great idea

There is already an App Wishlist post for Outline here:
https://forum.cloudron.io/post/8756

Seems it's not quite ready for self-hosting yet, but it's getting there

But yeah I agree it looks great

[infogulch]

Well it looks like it's possible to host Outline in docker, there is a docker compose file on github:

https://github.com/outline/outline/blob/main/docker-compose.yml

Notably, it uses postgres, redis, and an s3 api.