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SiYuan vs EGroupware
A side-by-side editorial comparison of SiYuan and EGroupware — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
SiYuan vs EGroupware: at a glance
What is SiYuan?
Near-daily alphas grinding toward parity between desktop and every mobile OS
SiYuan tags alphas almost daily — six v3.7.4 alphas in nine days following the v3.7.3 stable on July 21. The notes are cumulative, so each alpha restates the previous list and appends what landed since, which makes the train look larger than it is. Individual entries are long lists of small enhancements rather than headline features.
What is EGroupware?
Two branches, one deadline: 23.1 security coverage ends August 15th and 26.x is the only exit.
EGroupware is releasing date-stamped builds on two branches simultaneously, and July was almost entirely security. Three separate advisory waves shipped in a fortnight, twice requiring a same-day follow-up build for vulnerabilities reported after the first fix went out. The 23.1 branch now carries an explicit end date: security coverage stops on August 15th 2026.
SiYuan vs EGroupware: editorial side-by-side
SiYuan
5.0COLLAB
Near-daily alphas grinding toward parity between desktop and every mobile OS
◆ Current state
SiYuan tags alphas almost daily — six v3.7.4 alphas in nine days following the v3.7.3 stable on July 21. The notes are cumulative, so each alpha restates the previous list and appends what landed since, which makes the train look larger than it is. Individual entries are long lists of small enhancements rather than headline features.
◆ Where it's heading
Two threads dominate. The first is mobile and multi-OS parity: audio recording on Android and HarmonyOS, S Pen hover for block popovers on Android tablets, batch image insertion in the HarmonyOS editor, back-action dialog ordering, custom font import on mobile, and RPM packaging that coexists with other Electron apps. Treating HarmonyOS as a first-class target alongside Android and iOS is unusual for a note-taking tool this size. The second is the database feature set maturing into a structured-data layer — column alignment, relation backlinks in the attribute panel, item templates, and deep links to individual database items.
◆ Prediction
A v3.7.4 stable should follow within weeks given v3.7.3 shipped after three betas in as many days. Expect the database and HarmonyOS threads to keep accumulating small enhancements rather than a single large feature.
EGroupware
5.0COLLAB
Two branches, one deadline: 23.1 security coverage ends August 15th and 26.x is the only exit.
◆ Current state
EGroupware is releasing date-stamped builds on two branches simultaneously, and July was almost entirely security. Three separate advisory waves shipped in a fortnight, twice requiring a same-day follow-up build for vulnerabilities reported after the first fix went out. The 23.1 branch now carries an explicit end date: security coverage stops on August 15th 2026.
◆ Where it's heading
Underneath the advisory churn, the 26.x branch is where anything new lands — AiTools gained prompts that fire on entry add, update and delete rather than only from a context menu, and can chain up to five tool calls per prompt; Invoices gained OCR that identifies document type and billing period. Meanwhile CalDAV and ActiveSync fixes keep recurring, the fallout of an internal move from timestamps to DateTime objects in Calendar.
◆ Prediction
Expect a final 23.1 security build before the August 15th cutoff and continued 26.x releases where the AiTools trigger and tool-calling work is the thread to watch.
Alternatives to SiYuan and EGroupware
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 SiYuan or EGroupware.
PhotoPrism
PhotoPrism swapped in an ONNX vision pipeline, then opened the library to 360° media at 16K.
Immich
Immich is four release candidates into v3 with every feature note published somewhere else.
SOGo
SOGo's 5.12 line has become a CVE conveyor belt while the team's attention sits on SOGo 6.
File Browser
File Browser is shutting down — the repo archives on 2026-09-01 and no security fixes follow.
Paperless-ngx
Paperless-ngx shipped its 3.0 rewrite, then spent a week putting out the fires.
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Recent activity from SiYuan and EGroupware
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 12h agoSiYuanTab dragging to Documents panel and child docs from selection
- 1d agoSiYuanSync performance and variable font support
- 1d agoSiYuanS Pen hover popovers and configurable tab startup
- 3d agoSiYuanAudio recording on Android and HarmonyOS
- 7d agoSiYuanRelation selector row-opening tweak
- 9d agoSiYuanExport fidelity fixes and callout flashcards
- 9d agoEGroupwareSecurity release plus fallout fixes from the previous one
- 9d agoEGroupware23.1 security fixes with an August 15th end-of-support date
- 23d agoEGroupwareTwo more 23.1 vulnerabilities patched same day
- 23d agoEGroupwareHigh-severity fixes plus custom-field data loss repair
- 23d agoEGroupware26.x security build adds OCR document-type detection
- 23d agoEGroupwareTwo further vulnerabilities patched immediately after
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between SiYuan and EGroupware?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. SiYuan and EGroupware are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is SiYuan better than EGroupware?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. SiYuan and EGroupware are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
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.
What are the best alternatives to EGroupware?
Top EGroupware alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "EGroupware alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/egroupware for the full list with editorial commentary on each.