20 self-hosted Logseq alternatives

Memos is a lightweight, privacy-first self-hosted note-taking service with Markdown, fast search, and sharing features for personal notes, wikis, and team knowledge.

61.8k stars4.6k forksMITlast commit 27 Jul 2026Actively maintained

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.

55.8k stars6.2k forkslast commit 27 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Open-source, block-oriented personal knowledge manager with Markdown WYSIWYG, block-level two-way links, encrypted sync, Docker deployment and AI integrations.

45.5k stars2.9k forksAGPL-3.0last commit 21 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Open-source hierarchical notes and personal knowledge base with rich editing, full-text search, encryption, scripting, and optional self-hosted sync and web access.

37.1k stars2.5k forksAGPL-3.0last commit 28 Jul 2026Actively maintained

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

10.8k stars761 forksGPL-3.0last commit 6 Jul 2026Actively maintained

TiddlyWiki is a self-contained, highly customizable personal wiki that runs in the browser or on Node.js, enabling notes, knowledge bases, and documentation in one file.

8.6k stars1.3k forkslast commit 24 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Standard Notes is an end-to-end encrypted notes app with secure file storage, offline access, and cross-platform sync, with optional self-hosting of the sync server.

6.6k stars539 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 24 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted, browser-based personal knowledge management platform with Markdown pages, wiki-style links, tasks, queries, and Lua scripting for automation.

5.7k stars450 forksMITlast commit 24 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Offline-first file manager and personal knowledge workspace that organizes local files with tags, fast search, previews, and optional local AI features.

5.2k stars514 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 24 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Speakr is a self-hosted web app for recording or uploading audio, transcribing with AI (including diarization), and turning conversations into searchable, shareable notes.

3.5k stars291 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 15 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Basic Memory gives AI assistants durable, local-first memory by reading and writing structured Markdown notes, enabling reusable context across conversations and tools.

3.5k stars240 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 27 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Lightweight, privacy-focused self-hosted Markdown notes app with wikilinks, graph view, tags, templates, search, Mermaid diagrams, LaTeX math, and optional password protection.

2.7k stars221 forksMITlast commit 27 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Zim is a desktop wiki editor for personal notes, journals, and task lists, storing pages as plain text files with links, attachments, and plugin support.

2.2k stars392 forksGPL-2.0last commit 26 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Zen is a minimal self-hosted notes app that stores notes as Markdown with a local SQLite database, featuring fast full-text search, tagging, templates, and low resource usage.

1.1k stars61 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 29 Apr 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.

902 stars68 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 16 Jul 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.

729 stars157 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 28 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Silicon Notes is a lightweight personal knowledge base built with Flask. It offers Markdown editing, syntax highlighting, backlinks, full-text search, page history, and export/import.

263 stars6 forkslast commit 13 May 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted graph-powered personal knowledge base with AI search, chat, and multi-format ingestion.

260 stars10 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 8 Jul 2026Actively maintained

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.

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

Feather Wiki is a lightweight, self-contained wiki that runs from a single HTML file, with Markdown support and optional server-saving via WebDAV-style PUT.

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