Self-Hosted Laverna Alternatives

There are many alternatives to Laverna as a self-hosted solution and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Self-Hosted alternative is TagSpaces, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Laverna and 18 are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to Laverna are Trilium Notes, Turtl, Nextcloud Notes and OpenNote.

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  1. TagSpaces icon
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    Privacy-first, multi-device organizer for files and folders with customizable tags, color labels, note editing in markdown or HTML, Kanban boards, S3 object storage support, web page clipping, vendor lock-in free filename tagging, open source option, and multi-format preview.

    103 TagSpaces alternatives

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    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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  2. Turtl icon
     179 likes

    Whether it's bookmarks or passwords, files or shopping lists...Turtl organizes it all and makes it easy to find later. Sync across your devices. Leave nothing behind.

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  3. Nextcloud Notes icon
     29 likes

    Distraction-free note-taking app featuring categories for organization, Markdown formatting, favorites, and seamless integration with Nextcloud clients. Enables syncing across devices, API integration with third-party apps, offline access, and privacy-focused storage.

    102 Nextcloud Notes alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • F-Droid
     
  4. Journey icon
     41 likes

    Digital journaling solution offering privacy controls, secure cross-device sync, multimedia support, timeline view, calendar and Throwback features, Google Drive backup, customizable entries, import/export options, weather, and location tags for organized memories.

    170 Journey alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
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    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Snapcraft
    • Android Wear
     
  5. Encryptic icon
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    Encryptic is an open-source note-taking application heavily focused on encryption. When you start writing, no one will know what you write except for you. We don’t know and we don’t want to know. That’s between you and your work.

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    • Discontinued

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    • RemoteStorage
     
  6. Piggydb icon
     56 likes

    Piggydb is a Web notebook application that provides you with a platform to build your knowledge personally or collaboratively. With Piggydb, you can create highly structured content by connecting knowledge fragments to each other to build a network structure, which is more...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Permanote icon
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    permanote - A note-taking application for Sandstorm

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Sandstorm.io
     
  8. Forensic Notes - Digital documents are easy to fabricate, lose or get hacked. Take you digital documentation into the 21st century with Forensic Notes. Secure. Private. Credible.

    Court-verifiable documentation - Replicates paper notebooks.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
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    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
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    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Azure
     
  9. Tracks icon
     36 likes

    Tracks is a web-based application to help you implement David Allen’s Getting Things Done™ methodology. It was built using Ruby on Rails, and comes with a built-in webserver (WEBrick), so that you can run it on your own computer if you like.

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    • Online
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