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memEx

Structured personal knowledge base, inspired by zettlekasten and org-mode.

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Still maintained? Yes: 66 commits in the last 90 days.

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Docker #8 of 11 in Knowledge Management Tools

At a glance

memEx quick facts

Health score
57/100 SLOWING
Stars
2
Last commit
5 days ago (Oct 2026)
Latest release
No tagged release
Licence
AGPL-3.0

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Why it ranks here

Health score explained

memEx scores 57/100, #8 of 11 in Knowledge Management Tools: 66 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 2 stars add 1.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is release recency, worth 25.0 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitLab API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    66 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25

    No tagged release found

  • Stars 1.9 / 20

    2 stars on GitLab (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

68 commits over the last 12 months
66
Last 90 days
68
Last 12 months
5 days ago
Last push

Ranked #8 of 11 tools in Knowledge Management Tools by health , between LibreKB (#7) and Aleph (#9) .

Details

LicenceAGPL-3.0
PlatformsDocker
Latest releaseNo tagged release
Stars2
DockerYes
Repositorygitlab.com/shibaobun/memex ↗

memEx vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with memEx (Knowledge Management Tools), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
AFFiNE Community Edition 99 74k MIT 3 days ago
SiYuan 99 47k AGPL-3.0 today
Atomic Server 93 1.6k MIT today
LibreKB 62 62 GPL-3.0 3 days ago
memEx (this tool) 57 2 AGPL-3.0 5 days ago
Aleph 50 2.5k MIT 8 months ago

memEx: common questions

Is memEx still maintained?

memEx had 66 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 5 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.