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Best Single-User Notes & Knowledge Base for self-hosting

The 28 best Single-User notes & knowledge base you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

At a glance

AppDeploy effortDifficultyMin. RAMLicense★ Stars
MemosUnder-an-hour setupEasy64 MBMIT63,768
Mark TextRead-the-docs projectEasy256 MBMIT62,579
LogseqRead-the-docs projectEasy256 MBAGPL-3.045,225
Trilium Notes≈5-minute setupEasy256 MBAGPL-3.038,313
NotableRead-the-docs projectEasy256 MBAGPL-3.023,490
ObsidianRead-the-docs projectEasy256 MBProprietary22,221
FoamRead-the-docs projectEasy256 MBMIT17,449
BlinkoUnder-an-hour setupEasy512 MBAGPL-3.011,089
LavernaRead-the-docs projectEasy128 MBMPL-2.09,166
AnytypeUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBMIT8,914

Quick picks

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

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