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usememos/memos

Open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool built for quick capture. Markdown-native, lightweight, and fully yours.
Source code at GitHub https://usememos.com
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Memos

Section titled “Memos”
Memos

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

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Memos Demo Screenshot

Features

Section titled “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

Section titled “Quick Start”
Section titled “Docker (Recommended)”
Terminal window
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

Section titled “Native Binary”
Terminal window
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/usememos/memos/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

Try the Live Demo

Section titled “Try the Live Demo”

Don’t want to install yet? Try our live demo first!

Other Installation Methods

Section titled “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

Section titled “Contributing”

Contributions are welcome — bug reports, feature suggestions, pull requests, documentation, and translations.

Sponsors

Section titled “Sponsors”

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

Star History

Section titled “Star History”

Star History Chart

License

Section titled “License”

Memos is open-source software licensed under the [MIT License]!(LICENSE). See our Privacy Policy for details on data handling.

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