- About
- Open-source, local-first personal knowledge base. Open-source alternative to Notion, Obsidian and Roam Research.
- Catalogue
- No. 188
- Category
- Data & Content
- GitHub stars
- ★ 0
Overview
SiYuan is a privacy-first, local-first personal knowledge management system. It supports fine-grained, block-level references and a Markdown WYSIWYG editor. It runs on desktop, Android, iOS and HarmonyOS, and can be self-hosted with Docker.
What it does well
SiYuan has content blocks, databases, flashcards with spaced repetition, OCR, templates and multi-tab split-screen editing. AI writing and Q&A work through the OpenAI API, it can be customised with JavaScript and CSS snippets, and has an API and a community marketplace.
Why it’s in the collection
SiYuan combines Notion-style blocks and databases with Obsidian-style local files, which is rare in one app. It is AGPL-licensed.
On GitHub
- Stars
- 0
- Forks
- 0
- Commits
- 0
- Repository
- siyuan-note/siyuan
Languages
- TypeScript 45.4%
- Go 42.6%
- JavaScript 7.5%
- SCSS 1.4%
- Other 3.1%
Compared with
NotionAll-in-one workspace for notes, docs and databases.
ObsidianMarkdown note-taking app built on local files.
Roam ResearchNetworked note-taking app with block references.
See every open-source alternative to Notion, Obsidian and Roam Research in the collection.
