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Best Cross-Platform Notes & Knowledge Base for self-hosting

The 30 best Cross-Platform notes & knowledge base you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

At a glance

AppDeploy effortDifficultyMin. RAMLicense★ Stars
AppFlowyUnder-an-hour setupMedium1,024 MBAGPL-3.077,300
Mark TextRead-the-docs projectEasy256 MBMIT62,579
JoplinUnder-an-hour setupEasy256 MBAGPL-3.056,721
SiYuanUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBAGPL-3.046,749
LogseqRead-the-docs projectEasy256 MBAGPL-3.045,225
NotableRead-the-docs projectEasy256 MBAGPL-3.023,490
ObsidianRead-the-docs projectEasy256 MBProprietary22,221
NotesnookUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBGPL-3.014,753
ZettlrRead-the-docs projectEasy256 MBGPL-3.013,760
VNoteRead-the-docs projectEasy256 MBMIT13,003

Quick picks

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Cross-Platform within the notes & knowledge base category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.

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