Self-hosted Knowledge Management Tools software
Knowledge management is the collection of methods relating to creating, sharing, using and managing the knowledge and information.
12 projects, sorted by GitHub stars (as recorded in the dataset). Star counts and dates come from the dataset snapshot, not live.
| Name | Description | License | Stars | Updated | Platforms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SiYuan | A privacy-first personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang. | AGPL-3.0 | 46,858 | 2026-10-20 | Docker, Go | Source |
| Docs | Collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales. | MIT | 16,937 | 2026-10-20 | K8S | Source |
| NoteDiscovery | Markdown note-taking app with plain-file storage, graph view, and MCP integration (alternative to Obsidian, Notion). | MIT | 2,847 | 2026-10-14 | Docker, Python | Source |
| Aleph | Tool for indexing large amounts of both documents (PDF, Word, HTML) and structured (CSV, XLS, SQL) data for easy browsing and search. It is built with investigative reporting as a primary use case. | MIT | 2,450 | 2025-12-19 | Docker, K8S | Source |
| Atomic Server | Knowledge graph database with documents (similar to Notion), tables, search, and a powerful linked data API. Lightweight, very fast and no runtime dependencies. | MIT | 1,622 | 2026-10-20 | Docker, Rust | Source |
| Marmot | Data catalog for discovering and organizing data assets across your stack, including databases, APIs, message queues, and pipelines. | MIT | 623 | 2026-10-12 | Docker | Source |
| TeamMapper | Host and create your own mindmaps. Share your mindmap sessions with your team and collaborate live on mindmaps. | MIT | 512 | 2026-10-07 | Docker, Nodejs | Source |
| LibreKB | Web-based knowledge base solution. A simple web app, it runs on pretty much any web server or hosting provider with PHP and MySQL. | GPL-3.0 | 62 | 2026-10-20 | PHP | Source |
| memEx | Structured personal knowledge base, inspired by zettlekasten and org-mode. | AGPL-3.0 | 2 | 2026-10-20 | Docker | Source |
| Digimindmap | Create simple mindmaps (documentation in French). | AGPL-3.0 | — | — | Nodejs, PHP | Source |
| QST | Online assessment software. From a quick quiz on your phone to large scale, high stakes, proctored desktop testing, easy, secure and economical. | GPL-2.0 | — | — | Perl | Source |
| Wiznote | Manage your knowledge in documents with folders, markdown, full text search and webpage collection support. | ⊘ Proprietary (non-free) | — | — | Docker | Source |