Best Docker Notes & Knowledge Base for self-hosting

The 35 best Docker notes & knowledge base you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

AppFlowy

Notes & Knowledge Base

Open-source workspace and Notion alternative

Replaces Notion, Evernote

★ 76.9k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

AFFiNE

Notes & Knowledge Base

Workspace for docs, whiteboards and databases

Replaces Notion, Miro

★ 72.9k Medium setup MIT

Memos

Notes & Knowledge Base

Lightweight self-hosted note and memo hub

Replaces Notion, Google Keep

★ 63.3k Easy setup MIT

Joplin

Notes & Knowledge Base

Open-source note-taking and to-do app with sync

Replaces Evernote, OneNote

★ 56.5k Easy setup AGPL-3.0

SiYuan

Notes & Knowledge Base

Privacy-first personal knowledge management system

Replaces Notion, Evernote

★ 46.5k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Outline

Notes & Knowledge Base

Team knowledge base and wiki

Replaces Notion, Confluence

★ 40.7k Medium setup BSL-1.1

Trilium Notes

Notes & Knowledge Base

Hierarchical note-taking for building knowledge bases

Replaces Evernote, Notion

★ 37.9k Easy setup AGPL-3.0

Khoj

Notes & Knowledge Base

Self-hostable AI assistant over your personal notes

Replaces Notion AI, Evernote

★ 37.5k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Wiki.js

Notes & Knowledge Base

Modern and powerful open-source wiki

Replaces Confluence, Notion

★ 29k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Docmost

Notes & Knowledge Base

Open-source collaborative wiki and documentation

Replaces Confluence, Notion

★ 21.8k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

BookStack

Notes & Knowledge Base

Simple self-hosted documentation and wiki platform

Replaces Confluence, Notion

★ 19k Easy setup MIT

Notesnook

Notes & Knowledge Base

Private, end-to-end encrypted note-taking app

Replaces Evernote, OneNote

★ 14.6k Medium setup GPL-3.0

Self-hosted LiveSync

Notes & Knowledge Base

Self-hosted real-time sync backend for Obsidian vaults

Replaces Obsidian Sync

★ 12.4k Medium setup MIT

Blinko

Notes & Knowledge Base

Self-hosted personal note tool for capturing ideas

Replaces Google Keep, Memos

★ 11k Easy setup AGPL-3.0

Dillinger

Notes & Knowledge Base

Cloud-enabled Markdown editor you can self-host

Replaces StackEdit

★ 8.3k Easy setup MIT

SilverBullet

Notes & Knowledge Base

Hackable note-taking for the self-hosted web

Replaces Notion, Obsidian

★ 6.1k Easy setup MIT

Livebook

Notes & Knowledge Base

Realtime collaborative notebook app based on Markdown that supports

★ 5.9k Medium setup Apache-2.0

DokuWiki

Notes & Knowledge Base

Simple, file-based wiki without a database

Replaces Confluence

★ 4.7k Easy setup GPL-2.0

Flatnotes

Notes & Knowledge Base

Self-hosted, database-less note-taking web app

Replaces Evernote, Simplenote

★ 3.2k Easy setup MIT

Dnote

Notes & Knowledge Base

Simple command-line notebook with multi-device sync

Replaces Evernote, Simplenote

★ 3.1k Easy setup AGPL-3.0

NoteDiscovery

Notes & Knowledge Base

Self-hosted Markdown knowledge base with graph view

Replaces Obsidian, Notion

★ 2.8k Medium setup MIT

WizNote

Notes & Knowledge Base

Cross-platform note-taking app with a self-hosted server

Replaces Evernote, OneNote

★ 2.7k Medium setup GPL-3.0

BatNoter

Notes & Knowledge Base

Markdown notes web app that stores notes in your Git repo

Replaces Standard Notes, Evernote

★ 2.4k Medium setup MIT

Jotty

Notes & Knowledge Base

Lightweight but powerful alternative for managing your personal, file

★ 2k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Atomic Server

Notes & Knowledge Base

Knowledge graph database with documents (similar to Notion), tables,

★ 1.6k Medium setup MIT

RocketNotes

Notes & Knowledge Base

Web-based Markdown note-taking app with AI assistance

Replaces Notion, Evernote

★ 1.5k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Many Notes

Notes & Knowledge Base

Markdown note-taking web app designed for simplicity

Replaces Obsidian, Notion

★ 1.1k Medium setup MIT

Notesnook Sync Server

Notes & Knowledge Base

Self-hosted backend for the Notesnook encrypted notes app

Replaces Evernote, OneNote

★ 923 Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Note Mark

Notes & Knowledge Base

Minimal web-based Markdown notes app

★ 766 Medium setup AGPL-3.0

DailyTxT

Notes & Knowledge Base

Encrypted diary Web application to save your personal memories of each

★ 504 Medium setup MIT

TeamMapper

Notes & Knowledge Base

Host and create your own mindmaps

★ 499 Medium setup MIT

Standard Notes

Notes & Knowledge Base

Encrypted notes app focused on longevity

Replaces Evernote

★ 479 Medium setup AGPL-3.0

WiseMapping

Notes & Knowledge Base

Web-based mind mapping for visual knowledge capture

Replaces MindMeister, XMind

★ 308 Medium setup WiseMapping-OSL-2.0

Mindwendel

Notes & Knowledge Base

Self-hosted brainstorming and idea capture board

Replaces Miro, Google Keep

★ 140 Medium setup Apache-2.0

memEx

Notes & Knowledge Base

Structured personal knowledge base, inspired by zettlekasten

Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Docker within the notes & knowledge base category. Compare them on the individual app pages for setup difficulty and resource requirements.