Notes & knowledge · checked 2026-10-19

Can I vibecode Slite?

KINDA· weekend project

For one author, a team wiki is a folder of Markdown with full-text search and an ask box that pulls the best passages and has a model answer with links, which an agent builds in a sitting. Slite is sold to teams, though: live co-editing with comments and mentions, doc owners and a verification workflow that flags stale pages, permissions, and an assistant that searches Slack, Drive and other connected tools. The writing and searching are easy to copy; the sync, permissions and connectors take the weekend, and a solo build only helps if you are the main author.

$10/moprice per seat

$120you'd save a year

weekendbuild time

—people replaced it

Before you start

What you need on hand.

DifficultyIntermediate · Some system setup or keys.

TimeA weekend; search is quick, permissions and the ask box need tuning

Claude Code, Codex or CursorAny of them can run the prompt.
Node.js 22better-sqlite3 and sqlite-vec compile or download native modules.
An embeddings and chat endpointOllama on your machine is free; a hosted API costs cents per question.
Your docs as MarkdownSlite's workspace backup gives you a Markdown archive.
A small VPS or Docker hostOnly if colleagues need to read it.

Before you buildSlite has no free plan, only a 14-day trial. For solo notes, a plain Markdown folder in an editor you already own may be all you need.

1. Install one agent: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor.
2. Make an empty folder and open it in the agent.
3. Paste the prompt below, press enter, and answer its questions as it builds.

The prompt

Build me a personal team-style wiki to replace Slite. Requirements:

- Node.js 22 + TypeScript: a Hono server with server-rendered pages and CodeMirror 6 for editing.
  `npm start` serves http://localhost:4840. WIKI_DIR in .env points at a folder of .md files
  (default ~/Wiki), which stays the source of truth.
- Docs: YAML front matter with title, owner, tags, verified (a date) and review_every (days);
  folders are collections; [[wiki links]] with backlinks; images pasted into the editor are saved
  to WIKI_DIR/_files/.
- Index: better-sqlite3 in ./data/index.db with an FTS5 table kept current by a file watcher
  (`chokidar`), plus embeddings of 400-token chunks in `sqlite-vec`, created through an
  OpenAI-compatible embeddings endpoint (EMBED_MODEL in .env).
- Search: a box with FTS5 ranking, snippets, and the filters `tag:`, `owner:` and `stale:`.
- Ask: take a question, fetch the top 6 chunks by combined FTS5 and vector score, send them to
  LLM_MODEL, and answer in Markdown with numbered links to the source docs. If nothing relevant
  comes back, say so instead of guessing.
- Verification: a Needs review page lists docs past their review date; a Mark verified button
  writes today's date into the front matter; show a badge on every doc.
- Sharing: up to 10 people with email and password (signed cookie), per-collection read or edit
  rights in ./permissions.json; export any collection as a zip of Markdown.
- No telemetry, local-first; outbound calls go only to the embeddings and LLM endpoints in .env.
- Out of scope: real-time co-editing, comments, Slack and Drive search, SSO, public sites.
- README: a Docker run line, Ollama setup for local embeddings and answers, and a warning that
  answers are only as good as the docs.

Opens your agent with the prompt filled in, you press enter. Or copy it and paste it into an empty folder.

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Then keep going

Next prompts, same folder.

The first prompt builds the core. Run these one at a time in the same folder to grow it into your own Slite.

Add an importer to the wiki in this folder. Requirements:

- `npm run import -- ./slite-export.zip` unzips a Slite Markdown backup, keeps its folder tree
  as collections and fixes internal links to [[wiki links]].
- Create front matter with title and today's date as verified; leave owner empty.
- Copy images and files into WIKI_DIR/_files/ and rewrite their links.
- Print a report of docs imported, links it could not resolve and files skipped.
- Update the README.

Add a weekly digest to the wiki in this folder. Requirements:

- `npm run digest` emails each doc owner the list of their docs past review_every, through SMTP
  settings in .env, with a link to each doc and its last verified date.
- Docs with no owner go to a DIGEST_FALLBACK address.
- Include a cron example for Monday morning.
- Update the README.

Add a Slack slash command to the wiki in this folder. Requirements:

- `/ask how do we rotate API keys` verifies the Slack signing secret, runs the same retrieval
  and answer pipeline as the web page, and replies in the channel with the answer and links.
- Reply within 3 seconds with an acknowledgement and post the answer through response_url.
- Only search collections that the mapped user can read.
- Update the README with the Slack app setup.

What you lose

A real-time editor where several people write together, with comments, mentions and notifications
The verification workflow and Knowledge Management Panel that keep a whole team's docs fresh
The Slite Agent and search across Slack, Google Drive and other connected tools
AI answers inside Slack, the Chrome extension and public docs with a custom domain
SSO, audit logs and enterprise permissions

Why people still pay

Small teams pay for a wiki that stays trustworthy: owners, review dates and verified badges stop old pages from rotting, and the AI answers from the docs with sources. The editor is simple enough that non-technical colleagues actually write in it.

Moatcollaboration integrations execution polish

Do the math

Slite or your own copy?

Seats

Over

Your usage

Count my time12h ×$/h

Slite, 1 yr$120

Your own copy, 1 yr$58running + build session

You keep$62pays for itself in 2 months

Estimate · Free on your own machine with a local model, or a $5 VPS plus a few dollars of API tokens for answers. The build is token usage on your agent plan. A 5-person team on Slite Basic pays $50 a month on the annual price.

Leaving Slite

Take your data, then cancel.

1 · Take your data out of Slite

1One doc: open it, click the three-dot menu at the top right, choose Export and pick PDF, Markdown, HTML or Print. Doc history and comments aren't included, and large tables may be cut off.
2Whole workspace: open Settings, then Workspace, then General Settings, scroll to Export & Backup and request a backup in Markdown or HTML.
3The workspace owner receives an email with a link to a .zip archive that stays valid for 15 days; only the owner can download it, and files over 200 MiB are left out.
4Automatic monthly backups exist too, in Markdown only. A doc and its subdocs can also be exported with the Slite API and the Python script from the help center.

2 · Cancel Slite

1Click your workspace logo at the top left, choose Settings and then Billing.
2The Billing section lists Cancel your subscription next to your plan, seats, storage and invoices.
3Payment methods and invoice PDFs are managed through the payment processor linked from Manage in the Payment section.
4Switching from a yearly to a monthly plan needs a request to support@slite.com.

Export first: comments and doc history aren't part of an export, so decide what you must keep before the plan ends.
Removing members frees licenses, and on a yearly plan the lower count shows up at renewal.
Bank transfer is available only on annual and enterprise plans.
Revoke the API keys and MCP connections you created for Slite once the export is safely stored.

Checked 2026-10-19 against Slite's docs: 1, 2, 3, 4

The escape hatch

Don't feel like building it? These are already free.

DocmostOpen sourceAGPL collaborative wiki with real-time editing, spaces, comments and permissions; self-hosted with Docker.★ 22k · active Oct 2026 · docker to self-host
WebVisit ↗BookStackOpen sourceMIT wiki organized as shelves, books, chapters and pages, with roles, search and SSO options; runs on PHP and MySQL.★ 19k · active Oct 2026 · docker to self-host
WebVisit ↗Wiki.jsOpen sourceAGPL wiki on Node.js with Markdown and visual editors, Git storage sync, search and authentication providers.★ 29k · active Oct 2026 · docker to self-host
WebVisit ↗

All 4 free alternatives to Slite ›

The numbers

Slite pricing

Plan	Monthly	Annual, per month	What you get
Basic	—	$10	Unlimited docs, real-time editor with comments, doc verification workflow, Knowledge Management Panel, Ask (30 questions a month per seat, within Slite docs), 30 AI edits a month per user, 5 GB storage per user, 200 MB file uploads, PDF, Markdown and HTML export, MCP and API access.
Pro	—	$20	Basic plus the Slite Agent, search across connected tools, doc fact-checking with suggested fixes, agent workflows (50 monthly credits per seat), unlimited AI writing assistant, OpenID SSO, custom domain for public docs, 10 GB per user.
Enterprise	custom	—	Pro plus reader-only seats, audit logs, SCIM, an SLA, priority support, a dedicated account manager, custom agent sources and migration help.

Billing: Shown per user per month, billed yearly. The help center describes a monthly plan as well: switch monthly to yearly under Billing Period in the app, while yearly to monthly goes through support. Extra members are billed on the next invoice on monthly plans and prorated on yearly plans.
Hidden costs: There is no free plan: after the 14-day trial (Basic and Pro features, no card) you must buy a plan. On Basic, Ask is capped at 30 questions per seat a month and only searches Slite docs; searching connected tools needs Pro. SSO is a Pro feature and SCIM is Enterprise. The seat count is reviewed monthly and extra seats are prorated.
Source: slite.com

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Kinda. The core is a weekend build with the prompt on this page, but real gaps remain: A real-time editor where several people write together, with comments, mentions and notifications, The verification workflow and Knowledge Management Panel that keep a whole team's docs fresh.

About $10 a month on the Basic plan per seat, $120 a year (checked 2026-10-19).

A real-time editor where several people write together, with comments, mentions and notifications; The verification workflow and Knowledge Management Panel that keep a whole team's docs fresh; The Slite Agent and search across Slack, Google Drive and other connected tools; AI answers inside Slack, the Chrome extension and public docs with a custom domain; SSO, audit logs and enterprise permissions. If any of those matter to you, keep paying.