Athens Research
Open-source networked note-taking and knowledge graph
Athens is an open-source knowledge graph and networked note-taking tool inspired by Roam Research, supporting block references and bidirectional links. It can be self-hosted with a multiplayer server for shared knowledge bases.
Key features
- Block references
- Bidirectional links
- Multiplayer self-hosting
- Knowledge graph view
Strengths
- Released under the EPL-1.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 6.3k GitHub stars
- Written in Clojure
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