HedgeDoc
HedgeDoc is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Note-taking & Editors category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Evernote, Google Docs and Dropbox Paper and ships a Docker image. It has 7,492 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Note-taking & Editors
- TypeScript
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 7,492
- Forks
- 610
- Open issues
- 243
- Commits, last 12 months
- 593
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- 1.12.0Aug 21, 2026
- Created
- Mar 27, 2019
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 593 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases8 releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors5 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 593 |
| Latest release | 1.12.0 (Aug 21, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 8 |
| Releases, all time | 43 |
| Open issues | 243 |
| Open pull requests | 34 |
| Good first issues | 5 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Mar 27, 2019 |
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About HedgeDoc
Realtime collaborative markdown notes on all platforms, formerly known as CodiMD and HackMD CE.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc.
Topics
- codimd
- collaboration
- markdown
- notes
- real-time
- hacktoberfest
- hedgedoc
- diagrams
- editor
- hackmd
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Is HedgeDoc free and open source?
Yes. HedgeDoc is open-source software released under the AGPL-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 HedgeDoc with Docker?
Yes. HedgeDoc 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 HedgeDoc?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to HedgeDoc include Excalidraw, AFFiNE and Memos. HedgeDoc itself is a self-hosted alternative to Evernote, Google Docs and Dropbox Paper.
Is HedgeDoc actively maintained?
The most recent commit to HedgeDoc was on Oct 25, 2026 with 593 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 1.12.0, published Aug 21, 2026. It had 243 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.