# Doory

> Updated 2026-10-17 · type: tool · category: content-copywriting · status: active · rev 1

Doory is an AAL-licensed browser design editor and a free, self-hostable alternative to Canva for posters, social posts, stories, slides and resumes.

- Open source: yes (AAL)
- Self-hostable: yes
- Pricing: Completely free and open source — no paid plans, no locked features, no account required to start; self-host with Docker Compose or an nginx + systemd deploy on Linux.
- Best for: A founder or lean GTM/content team that wants to produce posters, social graphics, stories, slides and resumes in the browser and own the editor, self-hosting it instead of paying for a Canva seat.
- Not for: Teams that need Canva's hosted scale, template marketplace, brand-kit management and real-time multiplayer collaboration out of the box, or anyone unwilling to run and maintain a self-hosted deployment.
- Last verified: 2026-10-17

- **Canonical:** https://gtmstacker.com/registry/tool/doory/
- **Source:** [github · shaongitbd (Doory)](https://github.com/shaongitbd/doory) — Siam
- **Tags:** content-copywriting, productivity-knowledge, website-cms, social-community
- **Repository:** https://github.com/shaongitbd/doory

## Is Doory open source?

Yes, Doory is open source under the AAL license.

## How much does Doory cost?

Completely free and open source — no paid plans, no locked features, no account required to start; self-host with Docker Compose or an nginx + systemd deploy on Linux. (free).

## Can I self-host Doory?

Yes, Doory can be self-hosted (the source is available under the AAL license).


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A free, open-source design editor that runs entirely in the browser, published by Siam under the `shaongitbd/doory` repository and licensed AAL (the OSI-approved Attribution Assurance License, a BSD-derived permissive license). It covers the everyday design surface a lean team actually produces: posters, social posts, stories, slides, invitations, resumes, thumbnails and business cards, with export to PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF, MP4 and GIF. You can start designing without an account, and the whole thing is self-hostable — Docker Compose for the fast path, or a non-Docker nginx + systemd deploy on Linux — so the editor and the files it produces stay on infrastructure you own rather than behind a per-seat Canva subscription.

## Provenance

- SPDX `AAL` (Attribution Assurance License) read directly from the repository LICENSE file at raw.githubusercontent.com/shaongitbd/doory/main/LICENSE — header "ATTRIBUTION ASSURANCE LICENSE (adapted from the original BSD license)", copyright "(c) 2026 by Siam". Verified against source, not guessed. AAL is OSI-approved and BSD-derived, so it qualifies as open source; it adds a prominent-attribution requirement to derivative works.
- Canonical original repo is `shaongitbd/doory`, authored by Siam, with roughly 1,500 stars and 52 commits on main (current activity) as of 2026-10-17. A second repo, `mysbryce/doory`, is a GitHub fork (header "forked from shaongitbd/doory", 0 stars) that retains the original attribution — it is not a name-squat, and this entry routes to the original.
- Self-hostability confirmed from the repo's own deployment docs: a Docker Compose setup plus a non-Docker Linux path (nginx + systemd). No account is required to start a design.
- Capabilities (poster/social/story/slide/resume editing; PNG/JPG/SVG/PDF/MP4/GIF export) and the "completely free, no locked features" pricing are the developer's description, consistent with the self-host OSS model; the free self-host path is independently evidenced by the in-repo deploy docs. Star count is distinct from the engagement numbers on the viral post that surfaced it.
- Surfaced via the 2026-10-17 X pull (viral post by RoundtableSpace); curated from the GTM Stacker signal registry (run 2026-10-17-registry-update-01); license, repo, stars, activity and self-hostability independently verified 2026-10-17.

## Why it matters for a GTM stack

Design work is a constant tax on a lean GTM team: every launch post, ad creative, one-pager, deck and social story runs through a tool, and the default is a per-seat Canva subscription that owns your assets and your editor. Doory is a credible free alternative for that whole surface — a browser-based editor you can self-host, covering the formats a team actually ships, exporting to the formats it actually needs, and requiring no account to try. The honest read: it is a self-hosted alternative, not a feature-for-feature Canva replacement — there is no hosted template marketplace, brand-kit management or real-time multiplayer out of the box, and running it means running a deployment. But for a team that would rather own its design tooling than rent it, the trade is concrete: an OSI-licensed editor, on your own infrastructure, with the files it produces staying yours.