Memos
Knowledge base that works with a SQLite db file.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 257 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.31.0 (Sep 2026).
Also an alternative to Notion, Evernote and Google Keep.
At a glance
Memos quick facts
- Health score
- 99/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 64,184
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.31.0, Sep 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Memos
Full rankings: Notion alternatives, Evernote alternatives, Google Keep alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Your thoughts, your data, shared on your terms."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Memos scores 99/100, #1 of 21 in Note-taking & Editors: 257 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.31.0, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 64,184 stars add 19.2 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). It scores full marks on every term.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
257 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.31.0 released 1 month ago
- Stars 19.2 / 20
64k 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
- 257
- Last 90 days
- 999
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #1 of 21 tools in Note-taking & Editors by health , just above TriliumNext Notes (#2) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker, Go |
| Latest release | v0.31.0 · 1 month ago |
| Stars | 64,184 |
| Open issues | 32 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | usememos/memos ↗ |
Memos vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Memos (Note-taking & Editors), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFFiNE Community Edition | 99 | 74k | MIT | 3 days ago |
| Memos (this tool) | 99 | 64k | MIT | yesterday |
| SiYuan | 99 | 47k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Joplin | 89 | 57k | MIT | yesterday |
| Docs | 87 | 17k | MIT | today |
| Standard Notes | 85 | 6.7k | GPL-3.0 | today |
Memos: common questions
What does Memos replace?
Repoly lists Memos as an open-source alternative to Notion, Evernote and Google Keep. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Memos stands against the others.
Is Memos still maintained?
Memos had 257 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v0.31.0, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
Run itSponsored
Run Memos on a VPS from $4/mo
Memos ships a Docker image, so any of these providers can run it on a small instance.
- is*hosting NVMe VPS in 20+ locations, hourly billing from $5/mo Deploy ↗
- ProHoster VPS with DDoS protection included from $4/mo Deploy ↗
- GODLIKE Game and app servers on NVMe from $4/mo Deploy ↗
Affiliate links. Repoly may earn a commission, which never affects health scores.