I didn't understand what you meant by Joplin not being "fully FOSS", so I went looking for the license. Is really quite strange. Basically they've used a "personal license" for some parts and the AGPL for the rest. That's... annoying.
post
replies:
I built a fully open source multi-user live collaboration notes app, self host with docker, serve at root or a subpath, has an android, windows and Linux client app, plus the usual web UI.
replies:
you could selfhost AnyType, then if all devices are connected to the same WiFi they sync via P2P.
I find it even better than Notion in fact, because you can define any objects then do whatever you like with them.
What it lacks is the math stuff from tables unfortunately.
replies:
So I'm going to try Docmost https://github.com/docmost/docmost
It seems to be the closest thing to what I'm looking for and under a GPL3 license
replies:
Affine
Honing in on the "recipes" par of your post. I've really enjoyed self hosting mealie for those.
Maybe silverbullet will suit you better? It's very flexible and programmable. The licence is MIT
replies:
Maybe take a look at Outline. (Not affiliated, but I host it for myself.)
I also host KitchenOwl, but mostly just as a grocery list.
replies:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| Git | Popular version control system, primarily for code |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption |
| SSO | Single Sign-On |
3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 3 acronyms.
[Thread #165 for this comm, first seen 15th Mar 2026, 00:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
replies:
AFAIK Joplin is FOSS, but be aware that it's markdown format is not compatible with... Markdown. Funnily enough.
replies:
[deleted]
replies:
Obviously not really Notion like but if it's mostly recipes, any reason you don't want to do something like Mealie for that?
replies:
I've been using HelixNotes and syncing between my devices via git pull/push on a private codeberg repo, but if you're not familiar with git then syncthing and syncthing-android (assuming you have android) should work as well.
I absolutely love HelixNotes so far (been using it for a month or so).
For very simple notes, I use Memos. It doesn't have whistles and bells, and it works great!
Do you want database features? Or just markdown style note organization?
replies:
I think you can use logseq as a web app, or atleast their github makes me believe that
I like NocoDB though the self-hosted version isn't as complete as their hosted version. For my needs though it works quite well.
Obsidian?
replies:
Visual Studio Code, with a syncing folder, a markdown plugin that suits you, and Claude Code to sort your notes for you. :-)
all 46 comments