20 self-hosted Simplenote 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.

62.8k stars4.7k forksMITlast commit 4 Sept 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.

56.2k stars6.3k forkslast commit 3 Sept 2026Actively maintained

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

46.2k stars3k forksAGPL-3.0last commit 30 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.

37.7k stars2.5k forksAGPL-3.0last commit 3 Sept 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 stars779 forksGPL-3.0last commit 27 Aug 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 stars1.2k forkslast 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 stars552 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 3 Sept 2026Actively maintained

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

6k stars476 forksMITlast commit 3 Sept 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 stars512 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 24 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted personal management web app to organize notes, goals, contacts, passwords, schedules, payments, files, photos, and more in one place.

4.2k stars348 forksMITlast commit 29 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted, database-less note-taking web app that stores notes as plain Markdown files in a folder, with tagging, wiki links, and full-text search.

3.2k stars209 forksMITlast commit 29 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 stars233 forksMITlast commit 25 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Self-hostable note-taking and knowledge base app with an extended Markdown editor, fast search, tagging, workspaces, sharing permissions, exports, and offline PWA support.

2.7k stars185 forksMITlast commit 3 Sept 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 stars398 forksGPL-2.0last commit 1 Sept 2026Actively maintained

Lightweight self-hosted web app for managing checklists and Markdown notes with file-based storage, PGP encryption, REST API and Docker deployment.

2k stars114 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 24 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Minimal, local-first markdown note-taking app built with Svelte and Tailwind; provides desktop (Tauri) and web interfaces with local PGlite storage.

1.7k stars54 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 1 Oct 2025Slowing down

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 stars61 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 4 Sept 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 stars45 forksMITlast commit 1 Sept 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.

915 stars71 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 18 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Open-source, self-hosted note-taking and documentation app with rich text & Markdown editors, search, attachments, workspaces, REST API and OIDC support.

789 stars33 forksMITlast commit 3 Sept 2026Actively maintained