Open-source alternatives to Roam Research
5 open-source projects are offered as replacements for Roam Research. Logseq is the most starred. 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.
Side by side
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Logseq | 45,291 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | Clojure |
 Trilium Notes | 38,399 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | TypeScript |
 Dendron | 7,467 | Slowing | Permissive | ○ | TypeScript |
 Standardnotes | 6,669 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | TypeScript |
 Unigraph | 767 | Quiet | Permissive | ○ | TypeScript |
Each one, briefly
- Logseq45,291 stars · network copyleft · active
A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration. Download link: http://github.com/logseq/logseq/releases. roadmap: https://logseq.io/p/NX4mc_ggEV
- Trilium Notes38,399 stars · network copyleft · active
Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes
Also replaces Evernote, Onenote
- Dendron7,467 stars · permissive · slowing
The personal knowledge management (PKM) tool that grows as you do!
- Standardnotes6,669 stars · network copyleft · active
Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files. For issues, visit https://standardnotes.com/forum or https://standardnotes.com/help.
Also replaces Evernote, Notion, Onenote
- Unigraph767 stars · permissive · quiet
A local-first and universal knowledge graph, personal search engine, and workspace for your life.
Also replaces Logseq
Where this comes from
Which projects are offered against Roam Research comes from opensourcealternative.to, re-read weekly. Every figure in the table is read from the project’s own repository. We have not run these projects, and we hold no price for Roam Research. Browse every open-source alternative.