Memos

Twitter-style note-taking that you actually own. Memos is a self-hosted micro-journal where you capture quick thoughts in Markdown — no folders, no hierarchy, just a chronological stream with tags and search. Think of it as a private social feed for your brain.

Obsidian is the power user's note system with graphs and plugins. Logseq is the outliner alternative. Joplin is the self-hosted Evernote replacement. Standard Notes is encrypted and minimal.

Memos is deliberately simpler than all of these. A 20MB Docker image, one command to deploy, and you're writing. SQLite, MySQL, or Postgres for storage. No electron app, no sync complexity — it's a web app you host yourself.

The catch: simplicity is the point, but it's also the limitation. No folder organization, no backlinks, no graph view, no offline mode. If your notes need structure beyond tags and search, you'll outgrow Memos quickly. It's a capture tool, not a knowledge management system. Great for daily logs and quick ideas, frustrating for anything that needs to be organized.