Open-source alternatives to Obsidian

One open-source project is offered as a replacement for Obsidian: Zettlr. Running one yourself trades the subscription for your own hosting and upkeep, so the table below leads with what decides that trade: whether the project is alive, what its licence lets a business do, and whether there is a container command to start from.

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  Zettlr13,783 stars · copyleft · active

  Your One-Stop Publication Workbench

  Also replaces Evernote, Notion, Scrivener

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