

Trilium Notes
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The original trilium is transfered to this repo by its owner and the app continues to develop here as stated here: https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- Google Chrome
- Cloudron
- Mozilla Firefox
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The Best (and the rest) of Personal Knowledge Management Software [2022] [Updated 2023]
I spend a ridiculous amount of time searching for a PKM tool that fits my organizational needs. Everything falls short. I want to help others on their own quests by compiling this list. Tags on AlternativeTo are helpful, but I wanted a place to keep a curated list with my own findings that others can contribute to.
Where I can, I have tried to answer the following important questions for each app:
- Is it open source?
- Is it offline-capable?
- Can blocks/notes exist in multiple locations?
As well as providing rough overall ratings (Scale of 1 to 5) for the following metrics:
- Organization: How does the app allow you to structure information? Is it flexible? Is it logical?
- User experience (UX): Is it easy to use? Is the interface designed in a way that is not just logical, but natural for the everyday user?
- Privacy: To the best of my (limited) knowledge, does this tool protect your personal data AND is it designed so that you can ensure the safety of your data yourself rather than relying on the app developers (trust, but verify).
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Comments and Reviews
2019-12-13
This is open source and free.
Like S/W, built with an Electron engine, the first experience is not good (such as many memory usage, dull UI response speeds, etc.)
This manipulates the reference between notes with some scripts and attributes to overcome the limitations of the tree structure of the data. One note can be cloned into another folder.
The learning curve is slightly higher in the middle, but there is no problem with simple text editing.
There is a reliable browser extension that allows you to capture a web page.
The text editor is Rich Text, but many features are hidden or omitted.
It is still in the developing stage and is worth considering.
But I hesitated to use it because I doubted whether it was capable of enduring a huge database.
I'm testing right now, and what I see it use a database in sqlite, so I presume if exists some kind of limitation, must not be from the sqlite database, that support 140 terabytes in size.
Which extension brings in web page?
Free, somewhat like DevonThink. I installed the browser extension (in Firefox) and it seems to capture webpages quite nicely. Also selected some text and using the context menu, added just that to Trilium db. Plenty of options. Once I get used to it, I might add a star. Thank you.
Very powerful knowledge management app. It lacks strong community support, since Trilium is not as well-known as other note taking apps. But the developer puts a lot of effort in it to this day, constantly improving the software.
This works for me because I like tools that allow you to modify them from within their own architecture. This is a pure web app with typescript on both the front and back sides, APIs for both and the ability to add code notes with scripts. For example, the calendar journal system and task management functionality are implemented that way. You can also add css 'notes' to style it all. Text Notes themselves are in html and you can simply set notes to 'published' and have a read only version of whatever subset you want as an automated wiki/blog style website.
Trilium's biggest problem is that its inventor stopped working on it and it has taken some time to fork it then re-integrate the original code and documentation, so its not 'done' yet. Mobile support is in progress and there is no multi user support yet. It is very focused on creating a personal knowledge base and sharing parts as needed, but not collaboration.
Still, I have looked for something better that does what Trilium can do with more users and fewer bugs, and I'm still using Trilium (triliumnext).
This is an incredible, very versatile, and fairly polished application especially considering it's totally free. Until earlier this year (2024) the developer was constantly adding new features and was very responsive about fixing bugs, etc.
Even without new features being added, this is still a very solid note-taking platform. And from the sounds of it the developer will still be fixing bugs and updating libraries to keep the application functional, as the developer themselves uses it. There just won't be any more major new features added. As the developer said, this could be looked at as a benefit: "If you're a glass-half-full type of person, this should make Trilium more stable than it used to be."
This should remain an excellent option for years to come, particularly if looking for something that can be run on a private server or locally, supports multiple platforms, is accessible via web browser, has web page snapshot extensions for most browsers, is robust and offers very powerful additional features via scripting and plugins.
On Linux I was searching with what I could replace OneNote which I'm using in my work. I was searching for similar capabilities notebook. Tried a lot of them: Joplin, Chreetree, Zimm, Anydo (and many more). This one so far the best. Thought I'm looking for iOS app, because in these mobile pone days notebook only in computer is limiting Ah, and default for is ugly (IMHO) and this is the first thing I changed when installed :D glad it is easy to do via settings :)
Not that impressed on first try. First note brought in extra things I didn't want. I removed them to find the note I inserted disappeared w/no way to undo it. CherryTree and Obsidian have more appeal. They brought in a clipping and automatically had usable website links.. Same info clip doesn't bring links into Trillium.