SiYuan
A privacy-first personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang.
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Still maintained? Yes: 4,820 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.8.9 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Notion, Evernote and Google Keep.
At a glance
SiYuan quick facts
- Health score
- 99/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 47,000
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.8.9, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to SiYuan
Full rankings: Notion alternatives, Evernote alternatives, Google Keep alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "SiYuan is a privacy-first personal knowledge management system, supporting fine-grained block-level reference and Markdown WYSIWYG."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
SiYuan scores 99/100, #2 of 11 in Knowledge Management Tools: 4,820 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.8.9, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 47,000 stars add 18.7 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 1.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
4820 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.8.9 released yesterday
- Stars biggest shortfall 18.7 / 20
47k 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
- 4820
- Last 90 days
- 10,447
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 11 tools in Knowledge Management Tools by health , between AFFiNE Community Edition (#1) and Atomic Server (#3) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Go |
| Latest release | v3.8.9 · yesterday |
| Stars | 47,000 |
| Open issues | 6 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | siyuan-note/siyuan ↗ |
SiYuan vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with SiYuan (Knowledge Management Tools), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFFiNE Community Edition | 99 | 74k | MIT | 3 days ago |
| Memos | 99 | 64k | MIT | yesterday |
| SiYuan (this tool) | 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 |
SiYuan: common questions
What does SiYuan replace?
Repoly lists SiYuan 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 SiYuan stands against the others.
Is SiYuan still maintained?
SiYuan had 4,820 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v3.8.9, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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