TriliumNext Notes
Cross-platform hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases (fork of Trilium Notes).
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity in the top 1% of tracked projects; popularity more than 94%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 38k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v0.106.0 · 25 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 27 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Nodejs, Docker, K8S |
Is TriliumNext Notes actively maintained?
TriliumNext Notes is under active development: 16259 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 1936 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
The most recent tagged release, v0.106.0, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Among the 22 note-taking & editors projects we track, TriliumNext Notes currently has the highest health score.
What TriliumNext Notes actually does
TriliumNext Notes is a cross-platform note-taking application designed for constructing large, hierarchical personal knowledge bases. It acts as a continuation of the original Trilium Notes project, helping you organise complex webs of interconnected information in a structured tree format. You can run it self-hosted to maintain full ownership of your data.
Best fit: Users who need to manage extensive, deeply nested personal documentation and want a dedicated self-hosted repository for their notes.
Worth knowing: The AGPL-3.0 licence may have implications if you plan to modify and distribute the code within a networked environment.
Deployment notes
As a Node.js application, deployment typically involves using Docker or Kubernetes, ensuring you provision persistent storage for your note database and configure a reverse proxy to handle TLS.
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