Plainpad
Plainpad is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Note-taking & Editors category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in PHP. It has 450 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 23, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 450
- Forks
- 42
- Open issues
- 11
- Commits, last 12 months
- 218
- Last commit
- Oct 23, 2026
- Latest release
- 1.1.1Apr 23, 2026
- Created
- Nov 4, 2019
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, 218 commits in 12 months.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 218 |
| Latest release | 1.1.1 (Apr 23, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 2 |
| Releases, all time | 11 |
| Open issues | 11 |
| Open pull requests | 3 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Nov 4, 2019 |
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About Plainpad
Modern note taking application for the cloud, utilizing the best features of progressive web apps technology.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/alextselegidis/plainpad.
Topics
- self-hosted
- php
- javascript
- react
- note-taking
- laravel
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Is Plainpad free and open source?
Yes. Plainpad 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 Plainpad with Docker?
Plainpad does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (PHP), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Plainpad?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Plainpad include Excalidraw, AFFiNE and Memos.
Is Plainpad actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Plainpad was on Oct 23, 2026 with 218 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 1.1.1, published Apr 23, 2026. It had 11 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.