# blinkospace/blinko

An open-source, self-hosted personal AI note tool prioritizing privacy, built using TypeScript .

Repository: https://github.com/blinkospace/blinko
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/blinko
Homepage: https://blinko.space
Language: TypeScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: markdown, memos, nextjs, notebook, openai, self-hosted, postgres, react
Last push: 2026-08-25T13:59:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 77, longevity 48
- inputs: {"age_days": 679, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 74, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 446}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10955, forks 774 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:44.831634+00:00)

## What it is
Blinko is an open-source, self-hosted AI-powered card note-taking app for quickly capturing and organizing fleeting thoughts. It uses RAG-based natural language retrieval over your notes while keeping all data stored locally for full privacy and ownership.

## Use cases
- self-hosted note taking app with AI search
- capture quick ideas and fleeting thoughts
- search my notes with natural language
- private alternative to flomo or memos
- markdown notes with RAG chatbot
- own my notes data instead of cloud services

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted notes app with AI-powered retrieval and full data ownership
- you prefer plain text/Markdown storage with fast capture
- you want an open-source alternative to flomo or commercial note apps

## When to avoid
- you need collaborative multi-user document editing like Notion or Outline
- you don't want to run an LLM/embedding setup for AI features
- you need offline-first mobile sync without a server

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: rag, search-engine, markdown, chatbot, self-hosted
- domain: developer-tools, self-hosted, artificial-intelligence
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: note-taking, second-brain, flomo-alternative, privacy-first, postgres, nextjs, natural-language-processing, docker, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- blinkospace/blinko (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.831634+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:17:17.920183+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/blinkospace/blinko (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.831634+00:00, sha ecd0bf025f1d)
  - homepage: https://blinko.space (fetched 2026-08-29T08:16:20.462700+00:00, sha d721d96c65b2)
  - site_page: https://docs.blinko.space (fetched 2026-08-29T08:16:20.471692+00:00, sha 807d2d406e06)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.