The self-hosted visual workspace for your projects.
Organize repositories, notes, links and more on a shared infinite canvas.
Overview
Ideon replaces abstract folders with spatial organization. Instead of navigating tabs, you see your entire project context: Git repositories, design notes, and tasks, on a single map.
Features
- Spatial Canvas: Place blocks anywhere. What is close is related.
- Live Integrations: Embed repositories and issues directly on the canvas (GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Forgejo).
- Rich Media: Support for Markdown notes, images, links, and files.
- Multiplayer: Real-time collaboration with your team.
- Time Travel: View historical snapshots of your workspace to trace decisions.
- Self-Hosted: You own your data.
Demo
Try the hosted demo instantly (no setup required):
- URL: https://demo.theideon.com
- User:
ideon-demo - Pass:
ideon-demo
Getting Started
Requires Docker and Docker Compose.
1. Clone the repository (or download docker-compose.yml directly)
2. Copy the environment template and fill in the required values
cp env.example .envEdit .env and set at minimum SECRET_KEY (generate with openssl rand -hex 32) and any DB credentials you want to change.
3. Start the stack
docker compose up -dOnce running, access the dashboard at: http://localhost:3000
Contributing
If you've ever wanted to contribute to open source, and a great cause, now is your chance!
Bug reports, feature ideas, documentation improvements, and code contributions all matter.
Start here:
- read CONTRIBUTING.md
- open an issue
- submit a pull request
Contributors
Creator
 Saad Idrissi 💻 |
Code Contributors
Thanks go to these wonderful people:
 albanobattistella 🌍 |
 Solirix 🛡️ |
 floory 🐛 |
 Michael Bonfils 📖 |
This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind are welcome!
Project growth over time
License
AGPLv3.
If you deploy Ideon publicly and modify it, you are expected to share the changes.