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    usememos/memos

    Memos is an open-source, self-hosted note-taking app that brings your everyday thoughts together in a personal timeline. Your data stays yours, and you choose what to keep private or share.

    devops
    documentation
    frontend
    self-hosted
    database
    docker
    foss
    go
    markdown
    memo
    Go
    MIT
    64.4K stars
    4.9K forks
    184 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 9, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 8 days ago, with 407 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #2 in the weekly ranking the week of Jan 4, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a self-hosted, open-source note-taking and knowledge management platform with full Markdown support.
    • Ensures complete data ownership and privacy by storing all notes locally without external dependencies.
    • Use for individuals seeking a lightweight, privacy-focused alternative to cloud-based note-taking apps.
    • Use for organizations wanting to deploy a secure, customizable internal knowledge base with multi-database support.
    • Use for developers needing an API-first platform to integrate note-taking features into custom workflows or applications.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present

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    From the README

    A modern, open-source, self-hosted knowledge management and note-taking platform designed for privacy-conscious users and organizations. Memos provides a lightweight yet powerful solution for capturing, organizing, and sharing thoughts with comprehensive Markdown support and cross-platform accessibility.

    Memos is a lightweight, self-hosted alternative to cloud-based note-taking services. Built with privacy and performance in mind, it offers a comprehensive platform for personal knowledge management without compromising data ownership or security.

    Excerpt from the usememos/memos README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Sep 2: +11Sep 14: +72Sep 15: +17Sep 16: +49Sep 17: +14Sep 18: +30Sep 19: +17Sep 20: +16Sep 21: +21Oct 7: +18Oct 8: +40Oct 9: +27Oct 10: +22Oct 11: +32Oct 12: +15Oct 13: +25Oct 14: +23Oct 15: +31Oct 16: +26Oct 17: +29Oct 18: +26

    +1,978 stars over 82 days across 27 snapshot days; best day +72 on Sep 14.

    Forks

    4.9K+271

    Open issues

    64+20

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