Trilium
Trilium Notes is a free and open-source, cross-platform hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases. Latest release, stable version, recommended for most users. Nightly build, unstable development version, updated daily with the latest features and fixes. Visit our comprehensive documentation at docs.triliumnotes.org Our documentation is available in multiple formats: Online Documentation: Browse the full documentation at docs.triliumnotes.org In-App Help: Press F1 within Trilium to access the same documentation directly in the application GitHub: Navigate through the User Guide in this repository Getting Started Guide Installation Instructions Docker Setup Upgrading TriliumNext Basic Concepts and Features Patterns of Personal Knowledge Base Notes can be arranged into arbitrarily deep tree. Single note can be placed into multiple places in the tree (see cloning) Rich WYSIWYG note editor including e.g. tables, images and math with markdown autoformat Support for editing notes with source code, including syntax highlighting Fast and easy navigation between notes, full text search and note hoisting Seamless note versioning Note attributes can be used for note organization, querying and advanced scripting UI available in English, German, Spanish, French, Romanian, and Chinese (simplified and traditional) Direct OpenID and TOTP integration for more secure login Synchronization with self-hosted sync server there are 3rd party services for hosting synchronisation server Sharing (publishing) notes to public internet Strong note encryption with per-note granularity Sketching diagrams, based on Excalidraw (note type "canvas") Relation maps and note/link maps for visualizing notes and their relations Mind maps, based on Mind Elixir Geo maps with location pins and GPX tracks Scripting - see Advanced showcases REST API for automation Scales well in both usability and performance upwards of 100 000 notes Touch optimized mobile frontend for smartphones and tablets Built-in dark theme, support for user themes Evernote and Markdown import & export Web Clipper for easy saving of web content Customizable UI (sidebar buttons, user-defined widgets,.) Metrics, along with a Grafana Dashboard.
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Trilium Notes is a free and open-source, cross-platform hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases. Latest release, stable version, recommended for most users. Nightly build, unstable development version, updated daily with the latest features and fixes.
Visit our comprehensive documentation at docs.triliumnotes.org
Our documentation is available in multiple formats: Online Documentation: Browse the full documentation at docs.triliumnotes.org In-App Help: Press F1 within Trilium to access the same documentation directly in the application GitHub: Navigate through the User Guide in this repository Getting Started Guide Installation Instructions Docker Setup Upgrading TriliumNext Basic Concepts and Features Patterns of Personal Knowledge Base Notes can be arranged into arbitrarily deep tree. Single note can be placed into multiple places in the tree (see cloning) Rich WYSIWYG note editor including e.g. tables, images and math with markdown autoformat Support for editing notes with source code, including syntax highlighting Fast and easy navigation between notes, full text search and note hoisting Seamless note versioning Note attributes can be used for note organization, querying and advanced scripting UI available in English, German, Spanish, French, Romanian, and Chinese (simplified and traditional) Direct OpenID and TOTP integration for more secure login Synchronization with self-hosted sync server there are 3rd party services for hosting synchronisation server Sharing (publishing) notes to public internet Strong note encryption with per-note granularity Sketching diagrams, based on Excalidraw (note type "canvas") Relation maps and note/link maps for visualizing notes and their relations Mind maps, based on Mind Elixir Geo maps with location pins and GPX tracks Scripting - see Advanced showcases REST API for automation Scales well in both usability and performance upwards of 100 000 notes Touch optimized mobile frontend for smartphones and tablets Built-in dark theme, support for user themes Evernote and Markdown import & export Web Clipper for easy saving of web content Customizable UI (sidebar buttons, user-defined widgets,.) Metrics, along with a Grafana Dashboard.
Trilium at a glance
| Stars | 38k |
|---|---|
| Forks | 2.6k |
| Language | TypeScript |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| Last update | 2026-09-22 |
| Contributors | 451 |
How to install Trilium
bash git clone https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium.git
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