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Idea Forge

Idea Forge is a powerful document collaboration platform that combines Notion-like functionality with AI capabilities. It offers a seamless environment for real-time collaborative editing, AI-powered writing assistance, and intuitive document management.

✨ Key Features

• 💯 Free and Open Source with self-hosting support
• 🔧 Rich document elements (text, tables, task lists, images, Mermaid diagrams)
• 🤖 AI-powered writing assistance
• 👥 Real-time collaboration
• 🎨 Customizable themes, cover images, and emojis
• 🌐 Multilingual support (English, Chinese, and more)
• 📝 Markdown keyboard shortcuts, import and export markdown

Try Idea Forge now at ideaforge.link

And more features & elements are on the way: Team workspace, Mindmap, Whiteboard, PDF Export, please stay tuned.

📸 Screenshots

Document Editing

Create rich documents with multiple elements including text, tables, task lists, images, and Mermaid diagrams.

AI Writing Assistant

Simply press Space to activate AI-powered writing suggestions.

Real-time Collaboration

Work together with your team in real-time by sharing documents.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Idea Forge is built with modern technologies:

• Backend: NestJS, PostgreSQL, Redis, Hocuspocus, Prisma, S3
• Frontend: React, TypeScript, TailwindCSS, Shadcn UI, Tiptap
• AI Integration: OpenAI API

🚀 Development Setup

1. Install Docker Desktop for your operating system

⚠️ Note for users in China: Due to Docker being blocked, please use Docker image acceleration or a VPN to pull images

2. Configure Tiptap Pro Extension

   a. Register and login at tiptap.dev b. Get your token from cloud.tiptap.dev/pro-extensions c. Create a .npmrc file in the project root with:

link-workspace-packages=true

@tiptap-pro:registry=https://registry.tiptap.dev/
//registry.tiptap.dev/:_authToken={your_token}

3. Start Development Environment

# Install dependencies and setup local Docker environment
pnpm install && pnpm run setup

# Start the development server
pnpm run dev

🤝 Contributing

We welcome all contributions! Here's how you can help:

• 🐛 Report bugs and issues
• 💡 Propose new features
• 🎨 Improve UI/UX
• 📚 Enhance documentation
• 🌍 Add translations

📄 License

Idea Forge is licensed under the MIT License.