TriliumNext Notes
★ 37.6kA self-hosted alternative to Notion, Evernote, Onenote
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open Source — No PaywallSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintBinary · Package · Flatpak +1No external DB10+ active committers (12mo)
About
Trilium Notes is a cross-platform note-taking application aimed at people building large personal knowledge bases. It organizes content in a hierarchical tree, supports rich text and code notes, and...
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Features
- hierarchical note tree
- multiple note placement via cloning
- rich WYSIWYG editor
- code notes with syntax highlighting
- full-text search
- note versioning
- note attributes and scripting
- OpenID and TOTP login
- REST API
- note synchronization
Details
- Last Updated
- Aug 26, 2026
- Created
- May 23, 2017
- Install Methods
- binarypackage-managerflatpakdocker
- Requirements
- Chrome or Firefox for browser access to a server installationself-hosted sync server for synchronization
- Authentication
- oidc-sso2fa
- API
- REST
- Backup & Export
- native-export
- Runtime / Stack
- NodejsDockerK8S
- Privacy & Independence
- Cloud: OptionalOffline Capable
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container
Docker Compose
1 service
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (3 volumes)
docker-compose.yml · @ 0456f9a · scanned Jun 5, 2026
# Running `docker-compose up` will create/use the "trilium-data" directory in the user home
# Run `TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=/path/of/your/choice docker-compose up` to set a different directory
# To run in the background, use `docker-compose up -d`
services:
trilium:
# Optionally, replace `latest` with a version tag like `v0.90.3`
# Using `latest` may cause unintended updates to the container
image: triliumnext/trilium:latest
# Restart the container unless it was stopped by the user
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=/home/node/trilium-data
ports:
# By default, Trilium will be available at http://localhost:8080
# It will also be accessible at http://<host-ip>:8080
# You might want to limit this with something like Docker Networks, reverse proxies, or firewall rules,
# however be aware that using UFW is known to not work with default Docker installations, see:
# https://docs.docker.com/engine/network/packet-filtering-firewalls/#docker-and-ufw
- '8080:8080'
volumes:
# ...
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