Zensical
A self-hosted Notes & Knowledge app you can run on your own server.
Zensical gives you a self-hosted notes and knowledge-base application: one you deploy yourself, on a home server, NAS or VPS. Running it yourself keeps the data on your own network and lets you back it up however you like.
Its public repository on GitHub currently shows 5.7K stars, a useful signal of community interest. Repository activity was last recorded on Sep 11, 2026, and the project is classed as actively maintained in our snapshot.
Before you switch
Switching notes tools is mostly about formats. Prefer projects that store notes as plain Markdown or offer a clean export, so you are never locked in. Migrate one notebook first, live in it for a week, and only then move the archive.
Like every project listed on SelfHosted, Zensical is developed in the open — you can read the code, follow development, and even contribute. Check the system requirements and the project’s own documentation linked on this page before installing.