Self-hosted projects tagged “Markdown”

Open-source feedback portal to collect ideas, run feature voting, discuss requests, and prioritize product improvements with notifications, tags, and integrations.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Canny+14

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

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Obsidian+14

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.

MITActively maintained

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Simplenote+13

Peppermint is a self-hosted help desk and issue tracker with email-to-ticket, notes, file uploads, webhooks, and OIDC authentication for teams.

Slowing down

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Zendesk+18

Algernon is a small, self-contained Go web server with built-in Lua/Teal scripting, Markdown and template rendering, HTTP/2+HTTP/3 (QUIC), and multiple database backends.

BSD-3-ClauseActively maintained

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Apache HTTP Server

Raneto is an open-source, file-based Markdown knowledge base for Node.js with web editing, full-text search, theming, and optional login protection—no database required.

MITActively maintained

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GitBook+13

Open source architecture documentation tool to model and document domains, services, events, and schemas for event-driven and microservice systems.

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Backstage+13

Misago is a modern, fast forum application built with Python, Django, and React, featuring moderation tools, permissions, private threads, polls, and API integrations.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Discourse+12

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

MITActively maintained

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Notion+19

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

MITActively maintained

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Notion+19

Artalk is a lightweight, self-hosted comment system with a fast Go backend and a framework-agnostic JavaScript client for embedding comments on any site.

MITActively maintained

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Disqus+9

Gitit is a wiki engine that stores pages in a git-compatible repo, uses Pandoc for markup, and runs on Happstack.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Atlassian Confluence+14

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.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Microsoft OneNote+12

Self-hosted kanban-style task board that stores lanes as folders and tasks as Markdown files, with tags, theming, reverse-proxy support, and optional PWA install.

MITSlowing down

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Trello+19

Ech0 is a lightweight open-source, self-hosted federated publishing platform (ActivityPub) with a Vue-based UI, SQLite storage, Docker deployment and built-in Markdown editor.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Micro.blog+13

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

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Evernote+13

Extensible Django wiki application with Markdown pages, versioning, permissions, and a pluggable architecture for integrating knowledge bases into Django sites.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Atlassian Confluence+15

Self-hosted PDF manager to organize, view, annotate, sign, and share PDFs with multi-device reading progress, tagging, and optional access-controlled links.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Adobe Acrobat+14

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

AGPL-3.0Slowing down

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Standard Notes+11

A minimalistic wiki for collaborative documentation, storing pages in Git and editing in Markdown with version history, attachments, and user authentication.

MITActively maintained

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Atlassian Confluence+12

Write resumes as YAML, validate with a schema, and generate professional outputs like pixel-perfect PDFs plus Markdown and HTML via a developer-friendly CLI.

MITActively maintained

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Resume.io+5

Bludit is a simple, fast flat-file CMS that stores content as JSON, enabling database-free websites and blogs with themes, plugins, and Markdown/HTML editing.

MITActively maintained

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WordPress.com+16

Nextcloud Deck is a Kanban-style project and personal task management app for Nextcloud, with boards, cards, labels, comments, and file attachments.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Trello+17

HTMLy is a fast, databaseless PHP blogging platform and flat-file CMS with built-in search, themes, categories/tags, and an admin dashboard for managing content.

GPL-2.0Slowing down

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WordPress.com+8

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.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Evernote+15

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.

Likely dormant

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Typora+4

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

MITActively maintained

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Notion+19

Self-hosted project management with kanban boards, issue tracking, multiple views, and built-in time tracking and reports.

Actively maintained

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Trello+19

Private, self-hosted blogging app with Markdown editor, private RSS, built-in reader, and Docker/Postgres deployment options.

MITActively maintained

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Medium+9

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

MITActively maintained

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Notion+19