Jotty
Lightweight but powerful alternative for managing your personal, file based, notes and checklists.
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Still maintained? Yes: 191 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 1.29.2 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
Jotty quick facts
- Health score
- 93/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,034
- Last commit
- 5 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.29.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "A self-hosted app for your checklists and notes."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Jotty scores 93/100, #6 of 21 in Note-taking & Editors: 191 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (1.29.2, 5 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,034 stars add 13.2 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 star count, worth 6.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
191 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
1.29.2 released 5 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 13.2 / 20
2k 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
- 191
- Last 90 days
- 728
- Last 12 months
- 5 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 21 tools in Note-taking & Editors by health , between SilverBullet (#5) and Many Notes (#7) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | 1.29.2 · 5 days ago |
| Stars | 2,034 |
| Open issues | 51 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | fccview/jotty ↗ |
Jotty vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Jotty (Note-taking & Editors), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TriliumNext Notes | 98 | 39k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| HedgeDoc | 96 | 7.5k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Jotty (this tool) | 93 | 2k | AGPL-3.0 | 5 days ago |
| Note Mark | 90 | 775 | AGPL-3.0 | 28 days ago |
| OpenHabitTracker | 90 | 306 | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| plumio | 89 | 141 | AGPL-3.0 | 9 days ago |
Jotty: common questions
Is Jotty still maintained?
Jotty had 191 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 5 days ago; the latest tagged release, 1.29.2, is from 5 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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