Huly vs TriliumNext Notes

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

Huly

AGPL-3.0

All-in-one open source platform that combines project management, CRM, chat, HR, and wiki as an alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, and Notion.

AGPL-3.0

Hierarchical personal knowledge base with powerful note-taking, rich text editing, and scripting capabilities.

	Huly	TriliumNext Notes
License	AGPL-3.0	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	28,043	38,698
Forks	2,187	2,613
Open Issues	727	601
Last Commit	Nov 2, 2026	Nov 4, 2026
First Released	Aug 2, 2021	May 23, 2017
Categories	Project Management Team Chat & Messaging Tools Wiki Software Customer Relationship Management Tools	Note Taking & Knowledge Management Tools Knowledge Management Tools
Tags	—	#note taking #knowledge-management #markdown

Huly

TriliumNext Notes38,698

Open source Notion alternative that brings projects, wikis, and teams together with AI while keeping you in control of your data.

A fast, privacy-first local markdown note-taking app built with Tauri and SvelteKit. Your notes stay as plain .md files on your device.

Self-hosted notes and checklists with markdown files, Kanban task projects, SSO, PGP encryption, and a REST API.

Open-source, AI-native project management platform — a self-hostable alternative to Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp.

Open-source design and prototyping platform with native design tokens, real CSS layouts and self-hosting — a strong Figma alternative.

Self-hostable project management for dev teams: issues, cycles, modules, pages, and analytics. Go + React alternative to Jira and Linear.