Blinko
Blinko is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Note-taking & Editors category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Evernote and Google Keep and ships a Docker image. It has 11,118 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Aug 27, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Note-taking & Editors
- TypeScript
- GPL-3.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 11,118
- Forks
- 790
- Open issues
- 401
- Commits, last 12 months
- 217
- Last commit
- Aug 27, 2026
- Latest release
- 1.8.8Jun 20, 2026
- Created
- Oct 23, 2024
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Aug 27, 2026, 217 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Aug 27, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 217 |
| Latest release | 1.8.8 (Jun 20, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 446 |
| Open issues | 401 |
| Open pull requests | 25 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Oct 23, 2024 |
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About Blinko
A personal note tool with AI features.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/blinkospace/blinko.
Topics
- markdown
- memos
- nextjs
- notebook
- openai
- self-hosted
- postgres
- react
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Is Blinko free and open source?
Yes. Blinko is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Blinko with Docker?
Yes. Blinko provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Blinko?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Blinko include Excalidraw, AFFiNE and Memos. Blinko itself is a self-hosted alternative to Evernote and Google Keep.
Is Blinko actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Blinko was on Aug 27, 2026 with 217 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 1.8.8, published Jun 20, 2026. It had 401 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.