Blinko
A personal note tool with AI features.
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Still maintained? Yes: 11 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 1.8.8 (Jun 2026).
At a glance
Blinko quick facts
- Health score
- 74/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 11,140
- Last commit
- 2 months ago (Aug 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.8.8, Jun 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Live Demo • Official Site • Documents • Telegram Chinese • Telegram English • 中文."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Blinko scores 74/100, #16 of 21 in Note-taking & Editors: 11 commits in the last 90 days earn 12.8 of 35 points, the latest release (1.8.8, 4 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 11,140 stars add 16.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 22.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 12.8 / 35
11 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
1.8.8 released 4 months ago
- Stars 16.2 / 20
11k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 11
- Last 90 days
- 193
- Last 12 months
- 2 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #16 of 21 tools in Note-taking & Editors by health , between Plainpad (#15) and flatnotes (#17) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | 1.8.8 · 4 months ago |
| Stars | 11,140 |
| Open issues | 402 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | blinkospace/blinko ↗ |
Blinko vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Blinko (Note-taking & Editors), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TriliumNext Notes | 98 | 39k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| SilverBullet | 95 | 6.4k | MIT | today |
| Many Notes | 92 | 1.1k | MIT | 6 days ago |
| Joplin | 89 | 57k | MIT | yesterday |
| Docs | 87 | 17k | MIT | today |
| Blinko (this tool) | 74 | 11k | AGPL-3.0 | 2 months ago |
Blinko: common questions
Is Blinko still maintained?
Blinko had 11 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 months ago; the latest tagged release, 1.8.8, is from 4 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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