Self hostable note taking (knowledge management) tool

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I promised myself that I will stop after hosting nextcloud, immich and vaultwarden. Then I went on hosting Paperless ngx, 2Fauth, and some more.

Now, my new obsession is getting a note taking solution (preferably web based) self-hosted.

It might be a bit too much. But my heart desires it so bad.

I started my notes journey on evernotes, migrated to obsidian, then to notion, then to logseq, then to standard notes, crypt.ee, notesnook, joplin, and back to obsidian.

But I want a self hostable solution. I want a personal diary, which can never be read by anyone other than me.

I tried physical diary for a month. Didn’t feel safe. I tried samsung notes, not safe. My secrets are mostly regrets of the past (about a girl I lost to death and my shit poetry).

My requirements are

  • Markdown preferred
  • Web app (simple is better)
  • Encryption
  • Should be exportable (if devs stop developing, I can switch to another app)
  • Self hosting (docker preferred)

I can setup a self destruction thing if I did not login for 20 days (my own eventual death or something worse).

Please suggest a good solution. Thank you.

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Self destruction seems cruel, might run a script to remove the container?

this might fit

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Enjoy

I love memos too. But take a look above its a pretty exhaustive list.

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there is also GitHub - dullage/flatnotes: A self-hosted, database-less note taking web app that utilises a flat folder of markdown files for storage.

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I tried many of them but ultimately I keep coming back to Bookstack.

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better create a WordPress site in docker and this way you can have everything.

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I have checked this one. Not suitable for me. Thanks for your suggestion

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Checked this too. Too many options. I don’t know which one to select. :frowning:

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Checking…will test and update

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Looks interesting. Let me try. Thank you so much

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Did you try obsidian or joplin

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Yes.

Anyway, obsidian is not open source. Can’t self host and access on web directly too.

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I havent tried it but this guide might be of interest to you.

Free, Self-Hosted Obsidian Sync with LiveSync and Traefik | Fredy Acuna

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This is an interesting approach. But encryption is not possible with this i believe, which defeats my purpose. Thank you for suggesting. I can use it for my obsidian. Right now I’m running it on protondrive folder

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Try Trillium/TrilliumNext.

Has everything you need. Supports markdown export and has good api if you are into that to trigger automations coming in or out of your notes.

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It’s on my list. Never tried so far. Right now, I am checking bookstack. It might not be a good fit for my purpose. So next one to check is Trillium

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You dont need to host to experience it.

There’s a completely standalone desktop version which you can use right way with all your important notes. Best thing is once you get your hosted instance up & running, you can sync your desktop notes and use them both.

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I am not liking the UI from screenshots. I will give it a try to desktop app too

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Yeah, it uses CKeditor afaik. So, if you are coming from other electron apps it may take some time getting used to. But its not that bad.

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I am used to markdown