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Capture first. Keep it yours.·usememos.com
Memos is an open-source, self-hosted timeline for quick notes, daily logs, links, and snippets. Notes are written and stored as plain Markdown, organized with tags and full-text search, and kept entirely on infrastructure the user controls. It is MIT licensed, deployable via Docker in minutes, and supports SQLite, MySQL, or PostgreSQL as its database.
What it's for
Keeping infrastructure notes, configuration history, and recurring fixesStoring code snippets and debugging trailsCapturing early drafts and research before an idea disappearsKeeping daily journals and private idea trailsLogging builds, measurements, and parts for makersTaking lecture notes and tracking study questionsSharing family updates and memories privatelyKeeping sensitive working notes on organization-controlled infrastructurePublishing selected memos publicly as a personal microblog
Features 20
- Cross-platform deployment: Linux, macOS, Windows, Docker, Kubernetes
- Customizable branding, themes, and colors
- Drag-and-drop media support for images, videos, audio, and documents
- Export to Markdown, JSON, or CSV
- Full-text universal search
- Import from Markdown files and other note apps (WIP)
- Instant thought capture with automatic persistence while typing
- Keyboard shortcuts for writing and navigating
- Markdown-native notes with syntax highlighting, tables, and LaTeX math
- Microblog-style publishing of memos
- Multi-database support: SQLite, PostgreSQL, or MySQL
- Multi-language support via community translations
- Open source, MIT licensed, developed in public
- Private timeline view of notes in capture order
- Progressive Web App with offline functionality
- Public sharing of selected memos via simple links
- REST and gRPC APIs for integrations and automation
- Self-hosted deployment on infrastructure of choice (Raspberry Pi to production server)
- Tagging system for categorization and filtering
- Zero telemetry and full data ownership
Pricing
Memos is entirely free and open source (MIT license); there are no paid plans, accounts, subscriptions, or per-seat fees. The only cost is the server used to host it.
Self-hostedFree
Free because it is self-hosted; MIT licensed, no paid tiers exist.
No accounts, subscriptions, or per-seat fees; only cost is the server you host it on