Best self-hosted knowledge management tools
[Knowledge management](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_management) is the collection of methods relating to creating, sharing, using and managing the knowledge and information.
We track 10 self-hosted knowledge management tools projects. The median health score in this category is 81, against 3 projects rated healthy or better and 2 showing little recent activity. The table below is ordered by health score, not popularity — the most starred project in a category is frequently not the best maintained one.
| # | Project | Health | Activity | Stars | Built with | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SiYuan A privacy-first personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang. | Thriving · 99 | 47k | Docker, Go | 27 Sept 2026 | |
| 2 | Atomic Server Knowledge graph database with documents (similar to Notion), tables, search, and a powerful linked data API. Lightweight | Thriving · 82 | 1.6k | Docker, Rust | 17 Sept 2026 | |
| 3 | Docs Collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales. | Healthy · 81 | 17k | K8S | 16 Sept 2026 | |
| 4 | TeamMapper Host and create your own mindmaps. Share your mindmap sessions with your team and collaborate live on mindmaps. | Slowing · 46 | 502 | Docker, Nodejs | 26 Sept 2026 | |
| 5 | Aleph Tool for indexing large amounts of both documents (PDF, Word, HTML) and structured (CSV, XLS, SQL) data for easy browsin | At risk · 24 | 2.4k | Docker, K8S | 27 Oct 2025 | |
| 6 | LibreKB Web-based knowledge base solution. A simple web app, it runs on pretty much any web server or hosting provider with PHP | At risk · 13 | 61 | PHP | 29 Dec 2025 | |
| 7 | memEx Structured personal knowledge base, inspired by zettlekasten and org-mode. | Unrated | — | Docker | — | |
| 8 | Digimindmap Create simple mindmaps (documentation in French). | Unrated | — | Nodejs, PHP | — | |
| 9 | QST Online assessment software. From a quick quiz on your phone to large scale, high stakes, proctored desktop testing, easy | Unrated | — | Perl | — | |
| 10 | Wiznote Manage your knowledge in documents with folders, markdown, full text search and webpage collection support. | Unrated | — | Docker | — |
Which one should you run?
If you want the safest bet on longevity, SiYuan is the best-maintained project in this category right now at 99/100. Atomic Server is the closest runner-up (82/100) — see the side-by-side comparison.
A health score measures whether a project is alive and shipping. It does not measure whether it has the feature you need. Use it to rule options out, then compare on features.