Real-time chat and calls
A chat panel on every page. Channels, DMs, threads, pins, and reminders. Audio and video calls with screen sharing run on your own media server.
§The platformSeven sections, one plan
Everything your team needs, in one app.
Zioan is a self-hosted workspace developed in Germany: team chat with video calls, documents, kanban boards, a CRM and client portal, appointment booking, time and attendance, personnel files, code snippets, and AI. Every feature on this page is included in one €799/year plan, for unlimited users.
Last updated September 24, 2026
01Collaborate
Collaborate in real time
Chat, plan, write, and track work together without leaving the app.
Kanban boards
Drag cards between columns, add labels and custom fields, set due dates. Filter by status, assignee, labels, or dates. Changes sync live.
Task management
Time tracking, attachments, checklists, and threaded comments on every task. Link tasks to documents and chat messages.
Documents
Write, attach files, save drafts, and track versions. Compare versions side by side. Import from Markdown, PDF, DOCX, HTML, or URLs.
Calendars and appointments
Task deadlines, events, and approved absences in month, week, or day view. Booking pages with an embeddable widget and automatic video links. Optional Google Calendar sync.
Unified dashboard
Active tasks, announcements, shortcuts, today's events, and personal notes. Arrange the widgets with drag and drop.
02Developers
Built for developers
Code snippets with syntax highlighting, visual diffs, and live Git and Sentry feeds.
Code snippets
The Monaco editor that VS Code uses, 18 languages, and full version history.
Visual diff
Side-by-side comparison with color-coded changes. Restore any version in one click.
Git activity feed
Pushes and pull requests from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or your own Git server, visible per space.
03Access control
Control who sees what
Fine-grained permissions, a branded guest portal, and sharing per resource.
Granular permissions
Control access to spaces, folders, files, and comments. Each person gets exactly the access they need.
Guest portal
Guests log in, see the resources you allow, and chat with assigned moderators. Welcome messages go out automatically.
Per-resource sharing
Invite clients or contractors to single items. They see what you share and nothing else.
04Business
Run your business
CRM, branding, and notification controls built in.
Built-in CRM
Custom fields, follow-ups, notes, files, and email templates per client. Connected to chat, calendar, and guest access.
Branding and compliance
Your logo for light and dark themes, your login page, cookie consent, and legal policies. Ready for clients to see.
Notification controls
Frequency, quiet hours, and sounds per event type. Users set their own, admins set the defaults.
05Time & HR
Time, attendance, and HR
Added in versions 1.9 and 2.0. Working-time records and personnel files with stricter access rules than the rest of the workspace.
Working time
- Presence blocks for split shifts, with explicit breaks deducted from net hours
- Task time flows into the daily record, with exclusions
- Monthly overview of expected, recorded, and flagged days
- Monthly contracts, trust-based working time, and freelancers
Leave and overtime
- Leave requests with manager or HR approval and half days
- Balances showing entitlement, carryover, taken, and pending days
- Overtime balances with opening balances, payouts, and corrections
- Public holidays imported by country and region
Compliance and payroll
- Working-time rules by country: daily maximums, breaks, rest periods
- Monthly timesheet confirmation with employer countersigning
- Confirmed records frozen with checksums; reopening keeps the original
- PDF and CSV exports for statutory records and payroll
Personnel files
- Employee records with job title, department, location, and emergency contacts
- Contracts, payslips, sick notes, and references in one place
- Retention policies and access rules per document type
- Audit log of who opened which file and when
Offboarding
- Deactivate an account in one step; access ends immediately
- Removed from payroll exports, team lists, and booking pages
- Files archived read-only, with legal hold and full export
- Erasure recorded in an audit trail; shared spaces stay with the team
Company identity
- Registered name, address, commercial register, and VAT ID in one settings tab
- Printed as the issuer on generated documents
- Approved absences and holidays shown in the calendar
- Appointment booking respects leave and public holidays
06AI & integrations
AI and integrations
Everything here is optional. Each integration stays off until you connect it.
Claude in your chat
An AI coworker with access to your documents, tasks, CRM, calendar, and conversations, within each person's permissions. It renders tables, charts, diagrams, and collapsible summaries in the chat, and can answer questions about hours and leave. You bring your own Claude subscription.
MCP server
Connect Claude Code, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Gemini, OpenCode, or any other MCP-compatible CLI or assistant. 170+ workspace tools that act on your behalf, one token for all your devices, and built-in help so the assistant can guide you through any feature.
Google Calendar
Sync Zioan events and appointments to Google Calendar, with join links and attendees.
Git
Webhook feeds from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or a custom Git server, linked to spaces and tasks.
Sentry
Connect a Sentry project to a board and new issues become tasks with a default assignee.
07More
And the rest of the platform
The details that make a workspace pleasant to run every day.
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In-app updates
Update Zioan from the admin panel. No SSH, no Docker commands.
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Global search
Cmd+K finds documents, snippets, tasks, and spaces. Results respect permissions.
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Smart notifications
Email, sound, and in-app alerts, synced across tabs.
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Customizable home page
Drag, show, and hide dashboard widgets.
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Feature switches
Turn AI, Git, Sentry, snippets, announcements, or video calls on and off.
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Space file storage
File storage per space with versioning, recovery of deleted files, and ZIP downloads.
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Attachments anywhere
Attach files to tasks, documents, clients, or chat messages.
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Document import
Bring in Markdown, PDF, DOCX, HTML, or a URL.
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Link collections
Keep external resources and references next to your work.
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Personal notes
Private notes with priorities, pins, and reminders.
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Announcements
Scheduled team banners for meetings, deadlines, and holidays.
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Performance monitor
System health, alerts, storage usage, and analytics.
Read the details on each feature
- Chat Channels, DMs, threads, calls, and file sharing. Connected to your docs and tasks, running on your server.
- Kanban Boards Task cards, time tracking, checklists, story points, and activity logs. Project management that lives alongside your chat and docs.
- Documents Rich-text editor, version history, attachments, and cross-references. A team wiki that connects to your chat and tasks.
- Code Snippets Monaco editor, 18 languages, visual diff, and version history. A shared code library built into your team workspace.
- CRM Client contacts, guest users, follow-ups, custom fields, and email templates. Contact management built into your workspace.
- Calendar Personal events, team meetings, client appointments, and task deadlines in one calendar. Connected to everything in your workspace.
- Guest Portal Branded login page, granular permissions, and unlimited guest users at no extra cost. Give clients exactly the access they need.
- AI Integration A built-in MCP server that gives AI assistants full context across chat, docs, tasks, and CRM. Not a chatbot. A protocol-level integration.
- Video & Audio Calls Video calls, audio calls, and screen sharing built into your team chat. All media stays on your server.
- Self-Hosted Zioan runs on your server. Every message, document, task, and client record stays on infrastructure you control.
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See it all on your own server.
Every feature, 30 days free, no credit card. Or book a demo and we'll show you around.
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