memos vs NoteDiscovery

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

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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NoteDiscovery

MIT

A self-hosted knowledge base for note-taking with markdown support, Zettelkasten methodology, and Docker deployment.

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Side-by-side comparison

	memos	NoteDiscovery
License	MIT	MIT
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	63,569	2,824
Forks	4,817	240
Open Issues	103	7
Last Commit	Oct 6, 2026	Oct 6, 2026
First Released	Dec 8, 2021	Nov 5, 2025
Categories	Note Taking & Knowledge Management Tools	Note Taking & Knowledge Management Tools
Tags	#markdown #memo #note taking #microblog	#knowledge-management #note taking #markdown #docker #self hosted

GitHub stars over time

memos63,569

NoteDiscovery

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