Best Free Notes & Knowledge Base for self-hosting

Real-time preview Markdown editor for the desktop

Replaces Typora

Cross-platform hierarchical note taking application with focus on

Markdown-based note-taking app for plain files

Replaces Evernote, Notion

Personal knowledge management on top of VS Code

Replaces Roam Research, Obsidian

Markdown editor for writers, researchers, and Zettelkasten users

Replaces Notion, Obsidian

Markdown note-taking application built for programmers

Replaces Evernote, OneNote

Self-hosted real-time sync backend for Obsidian vaults

Replaces Obsidian Sync

Self-hosted personal note tool for capturing ideas

Replaces Google Keep, Memos

Markdown note-taking app with client-side encryption

Replaces Evernote, Simplenote

AI-powered local-first personal knowledge management app

Replaces Evernote, Notion

Command-line note-taking, bookmarking, and archiving tool

Replaces Evernote, Notion

Cloud-enabled Markdown editor you can self-host

Replaces StackEdit

Open-source networked note-taking and knowledge graph

Replaces Roam Research, Obsidian

Plain-text personal knowledge management for Emacs

Replaces Roam Research, Obsidian

Plain-text and Markdown notes editor for synced folders

Replaces Google Keep, Evernote

Realtime collaborative notebook app based on Markdown that supports

Plain-text note taking with Markdown and Nextcloud sync

Replaces Evernote, OneNote

Thinking notebook combining notes with mind mapping

Replaces Evernote

Hierarchical rich-text and code note-taking application

Replaces OneNote, Evernote

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

Replaces Evernote, Simplenote

Self-hosted Markdown knowledge base with graph view

Replaces Obsidian, Notion

Thinking notebook and Markdown knowledge base

Replaces Evernote, OneNote

Markdown notes web app that stores notes in your Git repo

Replaces Standard Notes, Evernote

Self-hosted backend for the AppFlowy workspace app

Replaces Notion

Lightweight but powerful alternative for managing your personal, file

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

Desktop tool for saving, accessing and exploring sources

Replaces Notion, Evernote

Web-based Markdown note-taking app with AI assistance

Replaces Notion, Evernote

Minimal note-taking app with notebooks and tags

Replaces Google Keep, OneNote

Local-first note-taking with file-over-app philosophy

Replaces Evernote, OneNote

Markdown wiki and knowledge base for teams

Replaces Notion, Obsidian

Lightweight distraction-free text editor, in the browser (Markdown and

Markdown note-taking web app designed for simplicity

Replaces Obsidian, Notion

Personal knowledge base for networked thinking

Replaces Roam Research, Obsidian

Self-hosted backend for the Notesnook encrypted notes app

Replaces Evernote, OneNote

Networked note-taking and knowledge base app

Replaces Obsidian, Roam Research

Minimal web-based Markdown notes app

Encrypted note-taking and bookmarking for privacy

Replaces Evernote, Google Keep

Open-source journaling and diary application

Replaces Day One, Journey

Local-first Markdown note editor with linked notes

Replaces Obsidian, Roam Research

Encrypted diary Web application to save your personal memories of each

Host and create your own mindmaps

Web-based mind mapping for visual knowledge capture

Replaces MindMeister, XMind

Smart manager for hierarchical notes and snippets

Replaces Evernote, OneNote

Self-hosted brainstorming and idea capture board

Replaces Miro, Google Keep

Web-based knowledge base solution

Create simple mindmaps (documentation in French)

Online assessment software

Structured personal knowledge base, inspired by zettlekasten and