outline_ynh/README.md

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# Outline wiki for YunoHost

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*[Lire ce readme en français.](./README_fr.md)*

> *This package allows you to install Outline wiki quickly and simply on a YunoHost server.
If you don't have YunoHost, please consult [the guide](https://yunohost.org/#/install) to learn how to install it.*

## Overview

The fastest wiki and knowledge base for growing teams. Beautiful, feature rich, and markdown compatible.

### Features

- Fully working installation of Outline wiki
- Including a MinIO server for avatars and picture object storage
- Including a Dex server to connect to Yunohost's LDAP userbase using an OIDC auth flow
- Using Yunohost's built-in SMTP server for notifications


**Shipped version:** 0.62.0~ynh2

**Demo:** https://app.getoutline.com/create

## Screenshots

![](./doc/screenshots/outline_screenshot.png)

## Disclaimers / important information

### Not totally free licence
Outline is a softwared licenced under [BUSL 1.1 licence](https://spdx.org/licenses/BUSL-1.1.html). 
⚠️ That licence **is not totally free**. Please read it very carefully if you have any commercial use in mind.
The Outline version shipped with this package (v0.62.0) will be released under Apache-2.0 licence [after March 1st 2026](https://github.com/outline/outline/blob/7216551164536e8abddfabc95b785ef5f8d51de7/LICENSE).

### Known limitations

1. Because this app can't yet run in the CI server, its integration level is unkonwn at the moment and standard Yunohost packages testing couldn't run yet. **Please don't use it yet on a prod server**
2. For some technical reasons I'm still trying to understand, related to [Dex app](https://github.com/YunoHost-apps/dex_ynh), the app can't be installed through the web UI yet. You need to run the installation command from the command line : `sudo yunohost app install https://github.com/YunoHost-apps/outline_ynh`
3. The app requires [MinIO app](https://github.com/YunoHost-apps/minio_ynh) to be installed (MinIO installation and setup is automatic, though)
4. The app requires [Dex app](https://github.com/YunoHost-apps/dex_ynh) to be installed (Dex installation and setup is automatic, though)
5. The app is requiring three domains including two fully dedicated (one for MinIO server, one for Dex, one for Outline)
6. ARM architectures are not yet supported (But it should be achievable soon)
7. Because it's built from sources, the app requires an important amount of RAM, disk and time to install properly


### How to create an admin user

The first user to login will automatically be granted admin rights
You can then change the user rights by default and/or change the admin user afterwards from the Outline settings page

## Documentation and resources

* Official app website: www.getoutline.com
* Official user documentation: https://www.getoutline.com/about
* Official admin documentation: https://www.getoutline.com/developers
* Upstream app code repository: https://github.com/outline/outline
* YunoHost documentation for this app: https://yunohost.org/app_outline
* Report a bug: https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/outline_ynh/issues

## Developer info

Please send your pull request to the [testing branch](https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/outline_ynh/tree/testing).

To try the testing branch, please proceed like that.
```
sudo yunohost app install https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/outline_ynh/tree/testing --debug
or
sudo yunohost app upgrade outline -u https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/outline_ynh/tree/testing --debug
```

**More info regarding app packaging:** https://yunohost.org/packaging_apps