# SiYuan

> SiYuan is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the wikis & knowledge bases category. A privacy-first personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang. It has 46,636 GitHub stars, is released under the AGPL-3.0 license and ships a Docker image. It is a self-hosted alternative to Notion, Evernote and Obsidian.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan |
| Website | https://b3log.org/siyuan/ |
| GitHub stars | 46,636 |
| Forks | 3,039 |
| Open issues | 16 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Docker, Go |
| Categories | Wikis & Knowledge Bases |
| Commits, last 12 months | 8,702 |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Latest release | v3.8.6 (Sep 29, 2026) |
| Created | Aug 30, 2020 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: note-taking, local-first, knowledge-base, markdown, self-hosted, siyuan, ai-agent, mcp, agentic-ai

## Install

SiYuan ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan for the image name and environment variables.

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## SiYuan replaces

- [Notion alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/notion): An all-in-one workspace for notes, docs, wikis and lightweight databases.
- [Evernote alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/evernote): A note-taking app for capturing, organizing and searching notes and clippings.
- [Obsidian alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/obsidian): A local-first Markdown knowledge base with linked notes and plugins.

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