The best Memos alternatives
4 tools that do a similar job to Memos, 4 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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MemosA self-hosted, open-source notes app that keeps your daily thoughts in a personal timeline.
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Lepton
Open source · MIT · ★ 10.3k
A lean desktop app for organizing code snippets stored in GitHub Gists or GitLab snippets.
Best for: Developers who already keep snippets as GitHub Gists or GitLab snippets; People who want a desktop editor for their existing snippet collection
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OpenClaw
Open source · MIT · ★ 394k
Self-hosted AI assistant that runs on your own devices and talks to you in your chat apps.
Best for: People who want an AI assistant that runs on their own machine rather than a hosted service; Developers comfortable with Node.js and command-line setup
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Open Notebook
Open source · MIT · ★ 41.3k
Self-hosted, privacy-focused open-source alternative to Google's NotebookLM for research notes and AI chat.
Best for: People who want NotebookLM-style research tools without sending their material only to Google; Users who want to choose or switch between several AI providers
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WeKan
Open source · MIT · ★ 21.1k
Free, open-source kanban board for organizing tasks, runnable on your own computer or server.
Best for: People who want a self-hosted kanban board and keep their own data; Small teams that want real-time board updates
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Memos. We don't take payment for placement.