Logseq
Logseq is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Note-taking & Editors category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Clojure. It is a self-hosted alternative to Obsidian. It has 45,380 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 45,380
- Forks
- 2,850
- Open issues
- 815
- Commits, last 12 months
- 4,098
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- 2.0.2Oct 7, 2026
- Created
- May 23, 2020
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 4,098 commits in 12 months.
- Welcomes contributors21 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 4,098 |
| Latest release | 2.0.2 (Oct 7, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 3 |
| Releases, all time | 154 |
| Open issues | 815 |
| Open pull requests | 193 |
| Good first issues | 14 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | May 23, 2020 |
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About Logseq
Privacy-first, local-first outliner and knowledge graph.
Description written by appsgit. Source code: github.com/logseq/logseq.
Topics
- knowledge-base
- graph
- clojurescript
- clojure
- org-mode
- markdown
- git
- local-first
- knowledge-graph
- note-taking
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Is Logseq free and open source?
Yes. Logseq 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 Logseq with Docker?
Logseq does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Clojure), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Logseq?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Logseq include Excalidraw, AFFiNE and Memos. Logseq itself is a self-hosted alternative to Obsidian.
Is Logseq actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Logseq was on Oct 26, 2026 with 4,098 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 2.0.2, published Oct 7, 2026. It had 815 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.