Jotty
Lightweight but powerful alternative for managing your personal, file based, notes and checklists.
- Note-taking & Editors
- TypeScript
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Actively maintained
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,016
- Forks
- 119
- Open issues
- 57
- Commits, last 12 months
- 648
- Last commit
- Oct 4, 2026
- Latest release
- 1.28.0Sep 28, 2026
- Created
- Aug 11, 2025
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About Jotty
Lightweight but powerful alternative for managing your personal, file based, notes and checklists. Jotty is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license and written mainly in TypeScript, so you can read the code, run it on your own hardware and keep full control of your data.
The project has 2,016 stars and 119 forks on GitHub, with 648 commits over the last year. It ships a Docker image, which makes it a good fit for a small VPS or a home server running Docker Compose.
Topics
- checklists
- homelab
- notes
- opensource
- selfhosted
- task-manager
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What is Jotty?
Jotty is a free, open-source app you can host on your own server, listed in our Note-taking & Editors category. Lightweight but powerful alternative for managing your personal, file based, notes and checklists. The source code lives at github.com/fccview/jotty, where it has 2,016 stars.
Is Jotty free and open source?
Yes. Jotty 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 Jotty with Docker?
Yes. Jotty 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 Jotty?
Popular open-source alternatives to Jotty include Excalidraw, AFFiNE and Memos. Jotty itself is a self-hosted alternative to Google Keep.
Is Jotty actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Jotty was on Oct 4, 2026 with 648 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 1.28.0, published Sep 28, 2026. Check the open issues on GitHub to gauge how quickly maintainers respond.