SiYuan vs Super Productivity
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted apps from related categories
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Super Productivity with
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Feature SiYuan Super Productivity Category Notes & Knowledge Base Project Management & Tasks License AGPL-3.0 MIT Language TypeScript TypeScript Setup difficulty Medium Easy Min. RAM 512 MB 256 MB Deployment docker, binary, source binary, source GitHub stars ★ 45,670 ★ 21,181 First released 2020 2018 Replaces Notion, Evernote Todoist, Things
Why pick each one
Choose SiYuan if… Powerful block-based model Works offline and self-hosted SiYuan details Choose Super Productivity if… Released under the MIT license Easy to set up — beginner-friendly Mature project with 21.2k GitHub stars Written in TypeScript Super Productivity details
Frequently asked questions Is SiYuan or Super Productivity better? Neither is universally better. SiYuan has the larger community, while Super Productivity is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are SiYuan and Super Productivity free and open-source? Yes. SiYuan is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Super Productivity under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run SiYuan and Super Productivity with Docker? SiYuan: yes. Super Productivity: check the project docs for container support.