TriliumNext Notes
Cross-platform hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases (fork of Trilium Notes).
- Note-taking & Editors
- TypeScript
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Actively maintained
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 38,217
- Forks
- 2,570
- Open issues
- 606
- Commits, last 12 months
- 16,949
- Last commit
- Oct 6, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.106.0Sep 25, 2026
- Created
- May 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). TriliumNext Notes 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 38,217 stars and 2,570 forks on GitHub, with 16,949 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
- knowledge-graph
- note-taking
- notebook
- knowledge-base
- knowledge-management
- knowledge-management-graph
- electron
- electron-app
- local-first
- self-hosted
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What is TriliumNext Notes?
TriliumNext Notes is a free, open-source app you can host on your own server, listed in our Note-taking & Editors category. Cross-platform hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases (fork of Trilium Notes). The source code lives at github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium, where it has 38,217 stars.
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 open-source 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 6, 2026 with 16,949 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.106.0, published Sep 25, 2026. Check the open issues on GitHub to gauge how quickly maintainers respond.