20 self-hosted Roam Research 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.

62.6k stars4.7k forksMITlast commit 26 Aug 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.

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

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

46k stars3k forksAGPL-3.0last commit 18 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Logseq is a privacy-first, open-source knowledge management app for networked notes, tasks, and collaboration using local Markdown or Org-mode graphs.

44.6k stars2.8k forksAGPL-3.0last commit 26 Aug 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.

37.6k stars2.5k forksAGPL-3.0last 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

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 stars548 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 25 Aug 2026Actively maintained

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

5.9k stars471 forksMITlast commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

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

5.3k stars513 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 24 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.

3.8k stars262 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 25 Aug 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.

3.7k stars302 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 7 Aug 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.

2.8k stars234 forksMITlast commit 25 Aug 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 stars397 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.

1.2k stars62 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 24 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted Markdown note-taking web app with multi-user vaults, real-time collaboration, fast search, templates, backlinks/tags, PDF export, and PWA support.

1.1k stars44 forksMITlast commit 26 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

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.

264 stars6 forkslast commit 13 May 2026Actively maintained

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

261 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.

155 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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