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Bidirectional linking and networked thought systems
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Logseq
Logseq is an open-source, local-first outliner and personal knowledge base that replaces Roam Research with private, bidirectional markdown notes.
45.5kLinuxmacOSWindows2d ago AGPL-3.0Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)

Open-Notebook
Open-Notebook is a self-hosted alternative to NotebookLM for document research, offering multi-model support, private data storage, and custom podcasts.
MITPersonal Knowledge Management (PKM)

Foam
Foam turns VS Code into an open-source personal knowledge base with bi-directional wikilinks, graph navigation, and Git-backed Markdown storage.
17.5kLinuxmacOSWindows5d ago MITPersonal Knowledge Management (PKM)

Dendron
Dendron is an open-source, local-first note-taking tool for VS Code that replaces proprietary outliners with schema-driven, hierarchical Markdown notes.
7.5kLinuxmacOSWindows12mo ago Apache-2.0Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)

SilverBullet
SilverBullet replaces note apps like Roam Research with an open-source, self-hosted Markdown workspace powered by dynamic queries and embedded Space Lua.
6.5kLinuxmacOSWindowstoday MITPersonal Knowledge Management (PKM)

Athens Research
Athens Research is an open-source, local-first alternative to Roam Research that stores bidirectional notes on your desktop in an offline graph database.
6.3kLinuxmacOSWindows4y ago MITPersonal Knowledge Management (PKM)
Lint, codegen, breaking-change checks and dependency management in one Git-native CLI. Open source, no registry lock-in.
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Org-roam
Org-roam is an open-source alternative to Roam Research that brings bidirectional linking and SQLite indexing to Emacs Org-mode.
6.0kLinuxmacOSWindows6mo ago GPL-3.0Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)

Deta Surf
Deta Surf replaces Google NotebookLM with an open-source, local-first AI notebook that organizes web research, PDFs, and notes without cloud lock-in.
3.6kLinuxmacOSWindows2mo ago Apache-2.0Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)
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MITPersonal Knowledge Management (PKM)
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MITPersonal Knowledge Management (PKM)