Memos
Notes & Knowledge BaseLightweight self-hosted note and memo hub
Replaces Notion, Google Keep
Best Lightweight Notes & Knowledge Base for self-hosting
The 7 best Lightweight notes & knowledge base you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Dillinger
Notes & Knowledge BaseCloud-enabled Markdown editor you can self-host
Replaces StackEdit
DokuWiki
Notes & Knowledge BaseSimple, file-based wiki without a database
Replaces Confluence
Flatnotes
Notes & Knowledge BaseSelf-hosted, database-less note-taking web app
Replaces Evernote, Simplenote
Dnote
Notes & Knowledge BaseSimple command-line notebook with multi-device sync
Replaces Evernote, Simplenote
Notea
Notes & Knowledge BaseSelf-hosted note-taking app stored on S3
Replaces Notion, Evernote
QuillPad
Notes & Knowledge BaseMinimal note-taking app with notebooks and tags
Replaces Google Keep, OneNote
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Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Lightweight within the notes & knowledge base category. Compare them on the individual app pages for setup difficulty and resource requirements.