Best Open Source Alternatives to Tana

Compare the best free and open-source alternatives to Tana — self-hosted and desktop replacements you fully control, ranked by GitHub stars, license and platform support.

Curated by open-source.store · Updated November 2026 · 10 alternatives

Tana

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Open-source alternatives to Tana, compared by stars, license and platform
Tool		License	Platforms	Self-hosted
Logseq	45,460	AGPL-3.0	LinuxmacOSWindowsWeb	Yes	Nov 2026	Visit
Foam	17,474	MIT	LinuxmacOSWindowsWeb	No	Oct 2026	Visit
AnyType	9,043	—	LinuxmacOSWindows	No	Nov 2026	Visit
Dendron	7,466	Apache-2.0	LinuxmacOSWindowsWeb	No	Nov 2025	Visit
SilverBullet	6,451	MIT	LinuxmacOSWindowsDocker	Yes	Nov 2026	Visit
Athens Research	6,300	MIT	LinuxmacOSWindowsWeb	Yes	Feb 2023	Visit
Org-roam	6,050	GPL-3.0	LinuxmacOSWindows	No	Apr 2026	Visit
Darkwrite	320	AGPL-3.0	LinuxmacOSWindows	No	Oct 2026	Visit
OpenNotas	179	—	Web	No	Aug 2026	Visit
Justnote	67	GPL-2.0		No	Feb 2026	Visit

Top open-source Tana alternatives

Logseq45,460AGPL-3.0

Logseq is an open-source, local-first outliner and personal knowledge base that replaces Roam Research with private, bidirectional markdown notes.

LinuxmacOSWindowsWebandroid

vs Tana: a free, open-source option you fully control, licensed AGPL-3.0.

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Foam17,474MIT

Foam turns VS Code into an open-source personal knowledge base with bi-directional wikilinks, graph navigation, and Git-backed Markdown storage.

LinuxmacOSWindowsWeb

vs Tana: a free, open-source option you fully control, licensed MIT.

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AnyType9,043

AnyType is a local-first, encrypted alternative to Notion for notes, tasks, and relations that stores data on your device with peer-to-peer sync.

LinuxmacOSWindows

vs Tana: a free, open-source option you fully control.

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Dendron7,466Apache-2.0

Dendron is an open-source, local-first note-taking tool for VS Code that replaces proprietary outliners with schema-driven, hierarchical Markdown notes.

LinuxmacOSWindowsWeb

vs Tana: a free, open-source option you fully control, licensed Apache-2.0.

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SilverBullet6,451MIT

SilverBullet replaces note apps like Roam Research with an open-source, self-hosted Markdown workspace powered by dynamic queries and embedded Space Lua.

LinuxmacOSWindowsDockerWeb

vs Tana: a free, open-source option you fully control, licensed MIT.

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Best Open Source Alternatives to Tana

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Athens Research

Org-roam

Darkwrite

OpenNotas

Justnote