Many Notes
Markdown note-taking web application designed for simplicity.
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Still maintained? Yes: 58 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.18.1 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
Many Notes quick facts
- Health score
- 92/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,092
- Last commit
- 6 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.18.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Many Notes is a Markdown note-taking web application designed for simplicity! Easily create or import your vaults and organize your thoughts right away."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Many Notes scores 92/100, #7 of 21 in Note-taking & Editors: 58 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.18.1, 8 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,092 stars add 12.2 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 7.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
58 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.18.1 released 8 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 12.2 / 20
1.1k 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
- 58
- Last 90 days
- 147
- Last 12 months
- 6 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #7 of 21 tools in Note-taking & Editors by health , between Jotty (#6) and Note Mark (#8) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v0.18.1 · 8 days ago |
| Stars | 1,092 |
| Open issues | 8 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | brufdev/many-notes ↗ |
Many Notes vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Many Notes (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 (this tool) | 92 | 1.1k | MIT | 6 days ago |
| Joplin | 89 | 57k | MIT | yesterday |
| plumio | 89 | 141 | AGPL-3.0 | 9 days ago |
| Docs | 87 | 17k | MIT | today |
Many Notes: common questions
Is Many Notes still maintained?
Many Notes had 58 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 6 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.18.1, is from 8 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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