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Many Notes

Markdown note-taking web app designed for simplicity

Notes & Knowledge Base ★ 1.1k stars Medium setup MIT

Many Notes is a self-hosted Markdown note-taking web application built with Laravel. It supports multiple vaults per user, links and backlinks, tags, templates, and OAuth login from many providers.

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Key features

  • Multiple vaults per user
  • Links, backlinks, and tags
  • Smart Markdown editor
  • Wide OAuth provider support

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (1.1k GitHub stars)
  • Written in PHP

Is Many Notes secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Many Notes's latest release (v0.18.0). OSV.dev lists 2 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-54053, published 2026-09-17 (27 days ago), fixed in 0.16.0

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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