HedgeDoc vs Jotted

Comparing two open source alternatives to Notion . Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

HedgeDoc

AGPL-3.0

Real-time collaborative markdown note editor you can self-host — write together with rich formatting and seamless sharing.

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Jotted

Source-Available

Self-hosted tasks and notes management with offline support, push reminders, and full-text search in a single Docker container.

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Side-by-side comparison

	HedgeDoc	Jotted
License	AGPL-3.0	Source-Available
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	7,355	11
Forks	581	—
Open Issues	265	2
Last Commit	Aug 5, 2026	Aug 6, 2026
First Released	Mar 27, 2019	Oct 21, 2025
Categories	Note Taking & Knowledge Management Tools	Note Taking & Knowledge Management Tools Time & Task Management Tools
Tags	#markdown #collaboration #note taking	#notes #task management #productivity #self-hostable #pwa

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