Memos

Open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool built for quick capture. Markdown-native, lightweight, and fully yours.

From usememos·Updated May 30, 2026·View on GitHub·

**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.

Latest release: v0.29.0
May 27, 2026View Changelog →
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Memos

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Open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool built for quick capture. Markdown-native, lightweight, and fully yours.

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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

bash
docker run -d \ --name memos \ -p 5230:5230 \ -v ~/.memos:/var/opt/memos \ neosmemo/memos:stable

Open http://localhost:5230 and start writing!

Native Binary

bash
curl -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

Love Memos? Sponsor us on GitHub to help keep the project growing!

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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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Contributors

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