Memos
Open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool built for quick capture. Markdown-native, lightweight, and fully yours.
**memos** is a Open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool built for quick capture. Markdown-native, lightweight, and fully yours. The project is written primarily in Go, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2021. It has gained significant community traction with 60,245 stars and 4,433 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: docker, foss, go, markdown, memo.
Memos
<img align="right" height="96px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/usememos/.github/refs/heads/main/assets/logo-rounded.png" alt="Memos" />Open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool built for quick capture. Markdown-native, lightweight, and fully yours.
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/usememos/.github/refs/heads/main/assets/demo.png" alt="Memos Demo Screenshot" height="512" />Features
- Instant Capture — Timeline-first UI. Open, write, done — no folders to navigate.
- Total Data Ownership — Self-hosted on your infrastructure. Notes stored in Markdown, always portable. Zero telemetry.
- Radical Simplicity — Single Go binary, ~20MB Docker image. One command to deploy with SQLite, MySQL, or PostgreSQL.
- Open & Extensible — MIT-licensed with full REST and gRPC APIs for integration.
Quick Start
Docker (Recommended)
bashdocker run -d \ --name memos \ -p 5230:5230 \ -v ~/.memos:/var/opt/memos \ neosmemo/memos:stable
Open http://localhost:5230 and start writing!
Native Binary
bashcurl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/usememos/memos/main/scripts/install.sh | sh
Try the Live Demo
Don't want to install yet? Try our live demo first!
Other Installation Methods
- Docker Compose - Recommended for production deployments
- Pre-built Binaries - Available for Linux, macOS, and Windows
- Kubernetes - Helm charts and manifests available
- Build from Source - For development and customization
See our installation guide for detailed instructions.
Contributing
Contributions are welcome — bug reports, feature suggestions, pull requests, documentation, and translations.
Sponsors
- CodeRabbit - Cut code review time & bugs in half, instantly
- Warp - The agentic development environment
- SSD Nodes - Affordable VPS hosting for self-hosters
- InstaPods - Get your app online in seconds • Deploy Memos in 30 Seconds
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License
Memos is open-source software licensed under the MIT License. See our Privacy Policy for details on data handling.
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