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TriliumNext Notes

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A 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 Containerminimal 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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