Jotted vs Scratch

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

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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Scratch

MIT

A minimalist, offline-first markdown note-taking app for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Jotted	Scratch
License	Source-Available	MIT
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	11	1,546
Forks	—	144
Open Issues	2	71
Last Commit	Aug 6, 2026	Jul 28, 2026
First Released	Oct 21, 2025	Jan 31, 2026
Categories	Note Taking & Knowledge Management Tools Time & Task Management Tools	Note Taking & Knowledge Management Tools
Tags	#notes #task management #productivity #self-hostable #pwa	#markdown #note taking #offline #cross-platform #desktop-app

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