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athensresearch/athens

Athens is no longer maintainted. Athens was an open-source, collaborative knowledge graph, backed by YC W21 observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/athensresearch/athens · homepage · Clojure · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 2347
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1307
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6301 stars · 397 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Athens was an open-source desktop and web application for collaborative knowledge management built on a graph database, similar to Roam Research. It allowed teams to capture, link, and synthesize knowledge as an interconnected graph of notes.

Use cases

  • take linked notes in a knowledge graph
  • build a personal memex of interconnected ideas
  • collaboratively map team knowledge
  • replace Roam Research with an open-source outliner
  • organize research notes with bidirectional links

When to choose

  • you already use Athens and want to understand its features
  • you want to fork or study an open-source Roam-like tool

When to avoid

  • you need a maintained, actively developed note-taking app
  • you are starting a new knowledge base today
  • you need official support or data migration guarantees

Facets

application · maturity abandoned

editor gui developer-tools cross-platform knowledge-graph note-taking outliner roam-alternative discontinued knowledge-management desktop web

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
athensresearch/athensmain23

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="athensresearch/athens")

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