Memos
Notes & Knowledge BaseLightweight self-hosted note and memo hub
Replaces Notion, Google Keep
Best API Notes & Knowledge Base for self-hosting
The 6 best API notes & knowledge base you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Khoj
Notes & Knowledge BaseSelf-hostable AI assistant over your personal notes
Replaces Notion AI, Evernote
Dnote
Notes & Knowledge BaseSimple command-line notebook with multi-device sync
Replaces Evernote, Simplenote
WizNote
Notes & Knowledge BaseCross-platform note-taking app with a self-hosted server
Replaces Evernote, OneNote
RocketNotes
Notes & Knowledge BaseWeb-based Markdown note-taking app with AI assistance
Replaces Notion, Evernote
WiseMapping
Notes & Knowledge BaseWeb-based mind mapping for visual knowledge capture
Replaces MindMeister, XMind
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memos | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 63,768 |
| Khoj | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 2,048 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 37,676 |
| Dnote | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 3,087 |
| WizNote | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 2,659 |
| RocketNotes | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 256 MB | Apache-2.0 | 1,494 |
| WiseMapping | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 1,024 MB | WiseMapping-OSL-2.0 | 316 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Memos (63,768 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Memos (from 64 MB RAM, against 2,048 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 2 of 6 use AGPL-3.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged API within the notes & knowledge base category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.