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Archbee vs SiYuan
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Archbee and SiYuan — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Archbee vs SiYuan: at a glance
What is Archbee?
Archbee is tightening the controls around docs it already publishes, not changing what docs are.
Archbee's recent entries are small, concrete additions to its documentation editor and publishing layer: RSS feeds for hybrid and password-protected spaces, export straight from the editor, team-level SAML and OIDC inheritance, and branch history and navigation fixes. Public docs can now return Markdown responses, and PDF output gained navigable bookmarks. None of it changes the product's category; it reduces friction for teams already running docs on it.
What is SiYuan?
SiYuan ships a third 3.8.7 beta respin with notes identical to the first.
SiYuan moved 3.8.7 to beta on October 11 and has since published beta.2, beta.3 and beta.4, all with notes identical to beta.1. The documented feature set is unchanged since alpha.9: an agent that manages snippets, scaffolds plugins, signs in with a ChatGPT account and compacts context on long tasks, plus database location fields, lunar dates and rollup filters.
Archbee vs SiYuan: editorial side-by-side
Archbee
0.0COLLAB
Archbee is tightening the controls around docs it already publishes, not changing what docs are.
◆ Current state
Archbee's recent entries are small, concrete additions to its documentation editor and publishing layer: RSS feeds for hybrid and password-protected spaces, export straight from the editor, team-level SAML and OIDC inheritance, and branch history and navigation fixes. Public docs can now return Markdown responses, and PDF output gained navigable bookmarks. None of it changes the product's category; it reduces friction for teams already running docs on it.
◆ Where it's heading
Two threads stand out. Branching keeps getting attention (history, navigation, per-branch icons), which points to docs managed like code with review before publish. Access control is moving up to the team level, so larger organizations can administer many spaces without repeating SSO setup for each one.
◆ Prediction
Expect more branch-workflow and team-admin work; the Markdown responses for public docs hint at machine-readable output, but the entries are too thin to say whether that grows into a larger feature.
SiYuan
6.3COLLAB
SiYuan ships a third 3.8.7 beta respin with notes identical to the first.
◆ Current state
SiYuan moved 3.8.7 to beta on October 11 and has since published beta.2, beta.3 and beta.4, all with notes identical to beta.1. The documented feature set is unchanged since alpha.9: an agent that manages snippets, scaffolds plugins, signs in with a ChatGPT account and compacts context on long tasks, plus database location fields, lunar dates and rollup filters.
◆ Where it's heading
AI is moving from a side panel into the workspace's own controls: the agent already handles MCP access, Bazaar packages and AGENTS.md instructions, and now edits snippets and writes plugins. Databases keep gaining structure while mind maps get steady polish. The product is becoming a local-first notes app that its own agent can reshape.
◆ Prediction
Three note-identical beta respins in two days point to fix-only builds ahead of a 3.8.7 stable tag. The entries don't show which agent capability comes after plugin authoring.
Alternatives to Archbee and SiYuan
Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Archbee or SiYuan.
GitHub
GitHub puts lockfiles on Actions, so a moved tag can no longer change what a workflow runs.
Mattermost
Mattermost's feed is all security essays while v12.0 waits in the wings.
Hive
Hive adds weekly Hot sheets and rate inheritance for services firms.
Wiki.js
Wiki.js 3 beta.661 adds draft recovery and fixes git sync across replicas.
Wiki.js
Wiki.js 3.0 beta guards against lost edits and fixes git sync across replicas.
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Recent activity from Archbee and SiYuan
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoSiYuanv3.8.7-beta.4
- 3d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.7 beta 3 respins beta 2 with identical notes
- 3d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.7 beta 2 respins beta 1 with identical notes
- 3d agoSiYuan3.8.7 beta.1 brings the agent snippet and plugin work to beta
- 4d agoSiYuan3.8.7 alpha.9 adds rollup filters; map view leaves the notes
- 4d agoSiYuan3.8.7 alpha.8 rebuild with unchanged release notes
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Archbee and SiYuan?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. SiYuan is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Archbee better than SiYuan?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. SiYuan is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Archbee?
Top Archbee alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Archbee alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/archbee for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to SiYuan?
Top SiYuan alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "SiYuan alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/siyuan for the full list with editorial commentary on each.