zen
Selfhosted notes app. Single golang binary, notes stored as markdown within SQLite, full-text search, very low resource usage
- Store meeting notes and decision logs with full-text search
- Build internal knowledge base without external SaaS
- Archive project documentation in portable SQLite format
Eliminates dependency on third-party note services while keeping search and retrieval fast. Single binary deployment reduces infrastructure overhead and vendor lock-in risk.
Teams needing self-hosted markdown notes with full-text search on modest hardware (low ops footprint, no cloud fees).
https://github.com/sheshbabu/zen
By sheshbabu
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Discussed on Hacker News, Reddit
- Zen Notes - Distraction free notes app — Reddit · 113 pts
- Self-Host Weekly (4 July 2025) — Reddit · 83 pts
- Zen Notes v1.1: With Most Requested Features — Reddit · 47 pts
11 mentions across 2 sources
Reviewer notes
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Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 1,099 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 37d ago; license AGPL-3.0.
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Evaluation
Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 1,099 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 37d ago; license AGPL-3.0.