Blinko
A personal note tool with AI features.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 45% of tracked projects; popularity more than 80%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 11k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 1.8.8 · 20 Jun 2026 |
| Repo updated | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Docker |
Is Blinko actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 213 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 25 of them.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 58% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The most recent tagged release, 1.8.8, is about 3 months old.
Blinko ranks #12 of 22 in Note-taking & Editors, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Blinko actually does
Blinko is a self-hosted note-taking application that incorporates artificial intelligence features. It allows you to record and organise personal notes within your own infrastructure using a containerised deployment model.
Best fit: It suits individuals looking for a private, self-hosted alternative to mainstream note apps who want to experiment with integrated AI functionality.
Worth knowing: As an AGPL-3.0 licensed tool with a specific feature set, it may overlap heavily with more mature open-source note-taking alternatives, and its reliance on AI features could introduce external API dependencies or higher resource demands.
Deployment notes
Because it is distributed via Docker, you will typically need to configure persistent volumes for data storage and place the container behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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