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TriliumNext Notes

TriliumNext Notes 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 and Obsidian and ships a Docker image. It has 38,566 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium

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GitHub stars
38,566
Forks
2,599
Open issues
562
Commits, last 12 months
20,717
Last commit
Oct 26, 2026
Latest release
v0.106.1Oct 23, 2026
Created
May 23, 2017
License
AGPL-3.0Open source

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ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 20,717 commits in 12 months.

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Last commitOct 26, 2026
Commits, last 12 months20,717
Latest releasev0.106.1 (Oct 23, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months9
Releases, all time357
Open issues562
Open pull requests21
Good first issues0
Contributing guideYes
Security policyYes
CreatedMay 23, 2017

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About TriliumNext Notes

Cross-platform hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases (fork of Trilium Notes).

Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium.

Topics

  • knowledge-graph
  • note-taking
  • notebook
  • knowledge-base
  • knowledge-management
  • knowledge-management-graph
  • electron
  • electron-app
  • local-first
  • self-hosted

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Is TriliumNext Notes free and open source?

Yes. TriliumNext Notes 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 TriliumNext Notes with Docker?

Yes. TriliumNext Notes 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 TriliumNext Notes?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to TriliumNext Notes include Excalidraw, AFFiNE and Memos. TriliumNext Notes itself is a self-hosted alternative to Evernote and Obsidian.

Is TriliumNext Notes actively maintained?

The most recent commit to TriliumNext Notes was on Oct 26, 2026 with 20,717 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.106.1, published Oct 23, 2026. It had 562 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.