SilverBullet
Note-taking application optimized for people with a hacker mindset.
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Still maintained? Yes: 534 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 2.12.1 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
SilverBullet quick facts
- Health score
- 95/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 6,412
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 2.12.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "SilverBullet is a Programmable, Private, Browser-based, Open Source, Self Hosted, Personal Knowledge Database — a fancy term for a "notes app on steroids"."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
SilverBullet scores 95/100, #5 of 21 in Note-taking & Editors: 534 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (2.12.1, 18 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 6,412 stars add 15.2 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 4.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
534 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
2.12.1 released 18 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 15.2 / 20
6.4k 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
- 534
- Last 90 days
- 1,472
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 21 tools in Note-taking & Editors by health , between Livebook (#4) and Jotty (#6) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker, Deno |
| Latest release | 2.12.1 · 18 days ago |
| Stars | 6,412 |
| Open issues | 349 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | silverbulletmd/silverbullet ↗ |
SilverBullet vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with SilverBullet (Note-taking & Editors), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TriliumNext Notes | 98 | 39k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| SilverBullet (this tool) | 95 | 6.4k | MIT | today |
| Many Notes | 92 | 1.1k | MIT | 6 days ago |
| Joplin | 89 | 57k | MIT | yesterday |
| Docs | 87 | 17k | MIT | today |
| Plainpad | 81 | 450 | GPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
SilverBullet: common questions
Is SilverBullet still maintained?
SilverBullet had 534 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 2.12.1, is from 18 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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