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Memos

usememos/memos

An open-source, self-hosted note-taking app for everyday thoughts.

  • Active
  • MIT
  • Go
Memos card: Simple note-taking for everyday thoughts.
64.4kGitHub stars
5kForks
409Contributors
v26.11.0latest release

In short

Memos is a GitHub project in the Self-hosted category, written mainly in Go. It is released under the MIT licence (permissive). Maintenance status: active, last commit 11 Nov 2026. It has 64,402 GitHub stars.

What it does

Standout capabilityNotes stay with the day you wrote them in a personal timeline
Best forPeople who want their notes on their own server

Maintenance

0 dsince last commit
10 dsince last release
60open issues
4 yrproject age
commitrelease
12 months agotoday

Active Commits in the last 30 days. Last commit: 11 Nov 2026 · Latest release: v26.11.0 · 1 Nov 2026. How we score this

Licence in plain words

Permissive · MIT

Use, copy, modify and sell it, including in closed-source products. Keep the copyright and licence notice.

A summary, not legal advice. Read the project's LICENSE file before relying on it. SPDX ↗

Memos compared with alternatives

ProjectStarsLicenceStatusLast commit
Coolify65.9kApache-2.0Active11 Nov 2026
Memos (this page)64.4kMITActive11 Nov 2026
Cal.diy49.9kMITActive11 Nov 2026
Codr—AGPL-3.0Active6 Nov 2026

Same category, sorted by GitHub stars. Numbers checked 11 Nov 2026.

Questions

Is Memos free and open source?

Yes. Memos is published on GitHub under the MIT licence (permissive). Use, copy, modify and sell it, including in closed-source products. Keep the copyright and licence notice.

Is Memos still maintained?

Active: the last commit was on 11 Nov 2026 and the latest release, v26.11.0, came out on 1 Nov 2026. Repoworthy rechecks this daily.

What is Memos written in?

Memos is mainly written in Go.

How popular is Memos?

As of 11 Nov 2026, Memos has 64,402 GitHub stars, 4,950 forks and 409 contributors.

What are some alternatives to Memos?

Other Self-hosted projects on Repoworthy include Coolify, Codr and Cal.diy.

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Coolify

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Codr

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A self-hosted git forge in one Go binary.

AGPL-3.0GoSasa Teguh

Cal.diy

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Numbers from the GitHub API, checked 11 Nov 2026. Text summarised from the project's README. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.