Best Self-hosted Notes & Personal Knowledge Management tools in 2026
79 self-hosted open source alternatives in this category
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Zim
Desktop wiki editor for local notes stored as plain text pages
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.
NoteDiscovery
Self-hosted Markdown knowledge base and note-taking app
Lightweight, privacy-focused self-hosted Markdown notes app with wikilinks, graph view, tags, templates, search, Mermaid diagrams, LaTeX math, and optional password prote...

Yamtrack
Self-hosted media tracker for movies, shows, anime, games, and books
Self-hosted media tracker to manage movies, TV shows, anime, manga, video games, and books with history, lists, calendar, imports, and multi-user support.
Haptic
Local-first, privacy-focused open-source markdown note app
Minimal, local-first markdown note-taking app built with Svelte and Tailwind; provides desktop (Tauri) and web interfaces with local PGlite storage.

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

HortusFox
Self-hosted collaborative plant management and tracking system
Open-source self-hosted app to manage, track and journal houseplants with locations, tasks, inventory, calendar, reminders, group chat and plant identification.
LinguaCafe
Self-hosted assisted reading and vocabulary acquisition tool
Self-hosted assisted reading app for language learners with built-in dictionaries, vocabulary tracking, and review workflows, including Anki integration.


Watcharr
Self-hosted watched list for movies, TV, anime, and games
Open-source, self-hosted watched list to track movies, TV series, anime, and optionally video games, with accounts, ratings, discovery, and personal stats.
Writing
Lightweight distraction-free in-browser Markdown and LaTeX editor
A minimalist, fast in-browser text editor with live Markdown preview, optional LaTeX/Math rendering, and export/print to PDF—runs fully offline with no server.


bewCloud
Lightweight personal cloud for files, photos, notes and feeds
bewCloud is a modern, lightweight alternative to Nextcloud/ownCloud for managing files, photos, notes and news in a simple web interface.


CookCLI
Command-line tools and embedded web server for Cooklang recipes
Open-source Rust-based CLI to parse, scale, search, import and serve Cooklang recipes; generates shopping lists, reports, and a browsable web UI.

Koillection
Self-hosted collection manager for tracking any kind of items
Koillection is a self-hosted web app to catalog and manage collections like books, games, DVDs, stamps, and other physical items with custom fields and metadata.

FitTrackee
Self-hosted web app for tracking outdoor activities and workouts
Track runs, rides, and other outdoor workouts on your own server, with GPX imports, maps, and activity statistics in a modern web interface.

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

Zen
Lightweight self-hosted notes app with Markdown and SQLite
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 u...

Bar Assistant
Cocktail recipe and home bar inventory management platform
Self-hosted platform for managing cocktail recipes, ingredients inventory, bars, menus, and shopping lists, with powerful filtering, import/export, and an API.

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

RecipeSage
Collaborative recipe keeper with meal planning and shopping lists
A self-hostable collaborative recipe manager with web import, meal planning, and shared shopping lists in a mobile-friendly PWA.
Notesnook
End-to-end encrypted note app with open-source clients and sync server
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 ser...

Journiv
Self-hosted private journaling app with mood tracking and prompts
Self-hosted private journaling app with mood tracking, prompt-based writing, media uploads, analytics, and powerful search for full data ownership.

Nextcloud Notes
Distraction-free note-taking app for Nextcloud
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.

Note Mark
Minimal web-based Markdown notes app with fast editor
Note Mark is a fast, minimal web-based Markdown notes app with a responsive UI, notebook sharing, attachments, and optional OIDC single sign-on.

Cloudlog
Web-based amateur radio contact logging and award tracking
Self-hosted web-based amateur radio logging app for QSOs, LoTW uploads, award tracking, and integrations with CAT and digital-mode tools.
Glass Keep
Keep-style self-hosted notes app with glassmorphism UI
Self-hosted Google Keep–style notes app built with Vite + React and an Express + SQLite API. Supports Markdown, checklists, images, PWA, collaboration and Docker deployme...

ReadFlow
Your AI-Powered Personal Library
Self-hosted read-it-later/news-reading platform that saves articles offline, organizes with categories, and integrates with external services via webhooks.

DailyTxT
Encrypted diary and journal web application
Encrypted diary and journal web app with client-side encryption, markdown editor, file uploads, searchable entries, multi-user accounts and PWA support.
Owlistic
Real-time note-taking and task manager with WYSIWYG editor
Open-source real-time note-taking and todo app with WYSIWYG editor, JWT auth, role-based access control, and import/export capabilities.

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

Recipya
Clean, family-focused recipe manager web application
Recipya is a simple recipe manager for collecting, importing and organizing recipes into cookbooks, digitizing paper recipes, converting units, and calculating nutrition.

Plainpad
Self-hosted note-taking app with encrypted notes and PWA support
Plainpad is a lightweight self-hosted note-taking app built with PHP and Laravel. It encrypts notes before storage, supports multiple users, and provides an offline-capab...