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Trilium Notes

Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium · homepage · TypeScript · AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

99/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 98
  • Longevity 100
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: 7
  • age_days: 3390
  • days_rel: 14
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 38

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

37602 stars · 2522 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Trilium Notes is a free, open-source, cross-platform hierarchical note-taking application focused on building large personal knowledge bases. It runs as a desktop Electron app or a self-hosted server with sync, offering note trees, attributes, full-text search, encryption, and web publishing.

Use cases

  • build a personal knowledge base with hierarchical notes
  • self-host a note-taking app with device sync
  • organize research notes with labels and relations
  • publish notes as a public read-only website
  • clip web pages into my notes
  • search full text across notes including OCR in images and PDFs
  • keep encrypted protected notes behind a password
  • access my notes offline on desktop and mobile PWA

When to choose

  • you want a local-first, self-hosted knowledge base with deep hierarchical structure
  • you need cross-device sync via your own server without third-party accounts
  • you want scriptable notes with templates, attributes, and revisions
  • you prefer open-source (AGPL-3.0) with no account required

When to avoid

  • you want simple flat notes with minimal setup
  • you need real-time collaborative editing with a team
  • you prefer a hosted cloud service managed for you
  • you need a mobile-native app rather than a PWA

Facets

application · maturity active

editor search-engine self-hosted developer-tools developer-tools self-hosted cross-platform text-editors windows self-hosted browser note-taking personal-knowledge-base local-first hierarchical-notes wiki sync web-clipper scriptable knowledge-graph linux macos docker web-server electron

3 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
TriliumNext/Triliummain99
TriliumNext/Notesmirror10

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="TriliumNext/Trilium")

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