Athens helps research teams capture and synthesize knowledge together. Built on a graph database, Athens helps map and communicate complex knowledge in wicked domains.

Demo Athens in your browser (no changes are saved)

Download the free desktop app

• Sign-up for our hosted collaborative graphs closed beta waitlist
• Or, self-host your own collaborative graph

If you want to contribute to Athens as a developer or designer, please begin by reading our Developer Guide.

Some tips once you've gotten Athens:

• How to use Athens
• How to file a bug report
• How to file a feature request
• If you have trouble with a new version of Athens, download a previous build on our releases page.

Athens is free to use as a local-only desktop app or as a self-hosted server. Please email us at [email protected] if you are interested in a self-hosted license or a hosted plan.

To learn more about this project, please read:

• Season 2 - A Collective Vision
• Athens' $1.9M Seed Round, led by Caffeinated Capital
• Athens Joins Y Combinator
• MVP Update, Funding, and Why I Started Athens
• Why you should learn Clojure - my first month as a Clojurian

Athens is here today because of our Sponsors and Contributors. Thank you.