Logseq
Notes & Knowledge BasePrivacy-first outliner for networked thought
Replaces Notion, Roam Research
Best Plugins Notes & Knowledge Base for self-hosting
The 4 best Plugins notes & knowledge base you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Obsidian
Notes & Knowledge BaseLocal-first knowledge base on a folder of Markdown files
Replaces Evernote, Notion
SilverBullet
Notes & Knowledge BaseHackable note-taking for the self-hosted web
Replaces Notion, Obsidian
DokuWiki
Notes & Knowledge BaseSimple, file-based wiki without a database
Replaces Confluence
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logseq | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 256 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 45,225 |
| Obsidian | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 256 MB | Proprietary | 22,221 |
| SilverBullet | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 6,308 |
| DokuWiki | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | GPL-2.0 | 4,727 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Logseq (45,225 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: SilverBullet (from 128 MB RAM, against 256 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 1 of 4 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 Plugins within the notes & knowledge base category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.