Skip to content
RepoQuarry

Trilium Notes TriliumNext/Trilium

Hierarchical note-taking app for large personal knowledge bases, with scripting, encryption and sync to a self-hosted server.

Trilium Notes at a glance

Checked 15 Oct 2026

Trilium Notes (community-maintained by TriliumNext; repo now TriliumNext/Trilium, the old TriliumNext/Notes repo is archived) is an AGPL-3.0 desktop app and server (v0.106.0, Sep 2026) for Windows, macOS and Linux. Notes sync through your own Trilium server (Docker or tarball); mobile use is via the server's web UI or third-party apps. It claims to scale past 100,000 notes and imports from Evernote. No official paid service; hardware needs are not documented.

Cite this pageRepoQuarry. “Trilium Notes.” Checked 15 Oct 2026. https://repoquarry.dev/projects/trilium

How much of Evernote does it replace?

2 of 2 jobs. Evernote import and sync via your own server; no official native mobile app.

Partial: Notes Partial replacement
Partial: Sync across devices Partial replacement

How much of Notion does it replace?

2 of 4 jobs. Personal knowledge base and note sharing; not a real-time team workspace.

Partial: Notes Partial replacement
Partial: Wikis and docs Partial replacement
No: Databases (tables and boards) Not covered
No: Sync across devices Not covered

For databases (tables and boards), see other Notion alternatives. You may also need to build an interface, an API server and hosting yourself.

How much of Confluence does it replace?

1 of 3 jobs. Hierarchical personal notes cover individual knowledge capture; it does not replace Confluence's multiuser spaces, collaboration or permission system.

Partial: Notes and linked knowledge Partial replacement
No: Team wikis and documentation Not covered
No: Live collaboration Not covered

For live collaboration, see other Confluence alternatives. You may also need to build an interface, an API server and hosting yourself.

Facts, with sources

Every answer links to where we found it. We read the documentation; we did not install it.

Report a correction
QuestionAnswerSourceChecked
Runs on my machine? Confirmed: Desktop app, plus self-hosted sync server with web UI Download the binary release for your platform from the latest release page, unzip the package and run the trilium executable. github.com · Trilium#-installation ↗ 1d ago
Code licence Partial: AGPL-3.0 (OSI copyleft) github.com · LICENSE ↗ 1d ago
Model weights licence Confirmed: No model weights github.com · Trilium#readme ↗ 1d ago
Commercial use Confirmed: Yes under AGPL-3.0 (share source of modified network versions) github.com · LICENSE ↗ 1d ago
Paid services needed? Confirmed: None; sync uses your own server (third-party hosts exist) Synchronization with self-hosted sync server github.com · Trilium#-features ↗ 1d ago
Hardware Unknown: Not documented Know the answer? —
Operating systems Confirmed: Windows, macOS, Linux (x64, arm64); mobile via web UI TriliumNotes-v0.106.0-macos-arm64.dmg github.com · v0.106.0 ↗ 1d ago
Setup effort Confirmed: Easy desktop binaries; server via Docker or tarball To install TriliumNext on your own server (including via Docker from Dockerhub) follow the server installation docs. github.com · Trilium#server ↗ 1d ago

Get the weekly top 5 and what’s new, every Monday

We’ll email you once a week. Unsubscribe any time. We never share your email.

Cookie preferences

Choose what we may store in your browser. You can change this any time from Cookie settings in the footer.

Essential

Security, and remembering this choice. rq-consent · 12 months

Always on