Jotty vs memos

Comparing two open source alternatives to Notion and Obsidian and Evernote and Google Keep. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Jotty

AGPL-3.0

Lightweight self-hosted app for managing personal file-based notes and checklists.

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memos

MIT

Privacy-first, self-hosted note-taking platform with markdown support, tagging, and built-in AI — a lightweight alternative to Notion and Obsidian.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Jotty	memos
License	AGPL-3.0	MIT
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	1,991	62,791
Forks	115	4,722
Open Issues	74	49
Last Commit	Sep 5, 2026	Sep 6, 2026
First Released	Aug 11, 2025	Dec 8, 2021
Categories	Note Taking & Knowledge Management Tools	Note Taking & Knowledge Management Tools
Tags	#note taking #self hosted #homelab	#markdown #memo #note taking #microblog

GitHub stars over time

Jotty

memos62,791

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