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Trilium

Trilium Notes is a hierarchical self-hosted note-taking application for building large personal knowledge bases.

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Trilium Notes is a hierarchical self-hosted note-taking application for building large personal knowledge bases. It organises notes as a tree with rich formatting and syncing, serving individual knowledge workers who want one private, locally controlled note store.

Platform availability

Available on 5 of 9 platforms

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

22/100 Low

Maintained
0GitHub repository no longer exists
Popular
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Easy to install
654 install platforms, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
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Based on 2 of 4 factors.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 15 days ago

No GitHub repository data collected yet.

Checked 17 days ago - source: GitHub (BigBearTechWorld/trilium)

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 1 CPU core(s). ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 17 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Download and start Trilium on Linux Download the latest Trilium Linux server archive, extract it, and run ./trilium.sh from the extracted folder; if you're connected over SSH, use nohup ./trilium.sh & so it keeps running after you close the terminal. This starts the notes app instead of leaving you with a silent command that may die when your session ends. source
  • Turn on Trilium at boot with systemd Run sudo systemctl daemon-reload, enable trilium.service, and start it now; systemd (Linux's service manager) will then launch Trilium after reboots. Without this, the app can be missing after a power cycle and you'll have to restart it by hand. source

Fetched 16 days ago - each note links to its source

Alternatives (12)

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  • AppFlowy - AppFlowy is an open-source, AI-powered workspace for managing projects, wikis, and team collaboration.
  • Evernote - Cross-platform app for creating and organizing notes from text, web pages, images, and voice memos.
  • Joplin - Open source note-taking app with Markdown support, to-do integration, and synchronization with cloud services like Dropbox and OneDrive.
  • Logseq - Logseq is a privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration.
  • Microsoft OneNote - Microsoft OneNote, part of the Microsoft 365 Copilot, is a digital notebook application that gives people one place to gather notes and inf…
  • Notesnook - Fully open-source, end-to-end encrypted notes with device-based security, secure sync, offline access, powerful editor, vault, backups, and…
  • Notion - Streamline teamwork with real-time collaboration, drag-and-drop content organization, and visual simplicity across notes, tasks, wikis, and…
  • Nuclino - Nuclino is a digital workspace for teams to organise notes, tasks, and documents in one searchable place.
  • Obsidian - Obsidian is a local-first note-taking app for users who want to create, link, and organize notes with plugins and themes that customize the…

Checked 14 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

How should I start the packaged Trilium Linux server over SSH?

Download and extract the latest Linux server archive, then run ./trilium.sh from the extracted folder. If you are connected over SSH, use nohup ./trilium.sh & so it keeps running after you close the terminal.

Why does Trilium keep crashing after a restart?

A note with a faulty script can cause Trilium to crash. If Trilium tries to reload that problematic note on restart, it will continue to crash.

Is Trilium designed for multiple user accounts?

The project assumes that only a single person has access to the app. That single-user assumption simplifies many parts of the application.

Does Trilium have password sharing or automatic locking?

Trilium has password sharing of notes and automatic AFK locking. The lock is mentioned after 5 minutes of being away.

Answers sourced from docs.triliumnotes.org, github.com, github.com, www.redditmedia.com

Community

Collected 11 days ago - public community threads