7 self-hosted Joplin Cloud alternatives

Joplin is an offline-first, privacy-focused note and to-do app with end-to-end encryption, Markdown support, web clipping, and sync across desktop and mobile.

56.1k stars6.2k forkslast commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Open-source, self-hosted AI note-taking app for fast capture and organization, with Markdown notes and RAG-based natural language search.

11k stars774 forksGPL-3.0last commit 25 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted note-taking app with desktop, mobile and web clients, open-source code, web clipper, bidirectional links, and a self-hostable sync server.

914 stars69 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 18 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Nextcloud Notes is a distraction-free note-taking app with Markdown support, favorites, and a REST API. Notes are stored as files in your Nextcloud for easy syncing.

734 stars161 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 27 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted Google Keep–style notes app built with Vite + React and an Express + SQLite API. Supports Markdown, checklists, images, PWA, collaboration and Docker deployment.

599 stars52 forksMITlast commit 14 Jan 2026Slowing down

Lightweight note-taking app that stores notes as markdown files and folders on the filesystem; offers fast OS-optimized search, Milkdown editor, and Docker support.

155 stars6 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 21 Mar 2026Actively maintained

Turtl is an end-to-end encrypted note-taking and bookmarking app with tagging, full‑text search, and optional self-hosted sync via Turtl Server.

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