Colanode

With Colanode, you get a self-hosted notes and knowledge-base application that lives on your own server, under your rules. Self-hosting it means no per-user subscription and no third-party cloud holding your information.

Its public repository on GitHub currently shows 5.1K stars, a useful signal of community interest. Repository activity was last recorded on Apr 3, 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, Colanode 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.