Blinko
An open-source, self-hosted note tool with AI features, built for private quick notes.
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About Blinko
Blinko is a personal note tool you run on your own server, aimed at capturing short notes quickly while keeping the data under your control. It adds AI features to note-taking and is written in TypeScript.
The repository ships Docker Compose files, an install script and a Helm chart, so it can be deployed on a single machine or on Kubernetes. The project is active, with over 2,000 commits and around 11,000 GitHub stars.
Strengths
- Self-hosted, so notes stay on your server
- AI features built into the note app
- Docker Compose, install script and Helm chart provided
Limitations
- Needs a server to run
- AI features depend on configuring a model provider
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source to self-host.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The Blinko contributors
- Platforms
- Web, Self-hosted
- How it runs
- Self-hosted
- Best suited for
- Self-hosters who want private quick notes with AI help
- Categories
- Note-taking, AI assistants
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Blinko
Compare allSoftware that can replace Blinko for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Memos
A self-hosted, open-source note-taking service that keeps quick Markdown notes in a private timeline.
Memos is a self-hosted open-source service for quick Markdown notes in a timeline with nested tags and an API, but it lacks Blinko's built-in AI features.
flatnotes
A self-hosted note-taking web app that stores every note as a Markdown file in one folder.
flatnotes is a self-hosted web app that stores every note as a plain Markdown file in one folder with no database, and has no AI features.
Nextcloud Notes
A distraction-free Markdown notes app for Nextcloud that stores notes as files on your server.
Nextcloud Notes stores Markdown notes as plain files on your server, but it requires a Nextcloud server and is deliberately simple, without AI features.
SilverBullet
Keep linked Markdown notes in a self-hosted browser workspace.
SilverBullet is an MIT-licensed self-hosted browser workspace for linked Markdown notes with queries and programmable extensions, without built-in AI features.
Khoj
Open-source AI second brain that researches across your documents and the web with any model.
Khoj is an AGPL-3.0 self-hostable AI assistant that searches and chats over your own documents with local or remote models, rather than a quick-note app.
Karakeep
Save bookmarks, notes and documents in a self-hosted library.
Karakeep is an AGPL-3.0 self-hosted library for bookmarks, notes and documents with search and optional AI organisation, oriented more toward saving links.
Blinko as an alternative
Listings that name Blinko as an alternative.
Mem
An AI note-taking workspace with an agent that tracks your tasks, projects and goals from your notes.
Blinko is a free open-source note tool you self-host, so notes stay on your server, with AI features that need a configured model provider.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Google Keep
A note service from Google for quick notes, checklists and reminders that sync across devices.
Standard Notes
Encrypted notes built for the long term, where sync is free on unlimited devices and you can host the server.
TriliumNext Notes
A hierarchical note app where one note can live in several places at once, with a server you can host.
TiddlyWiki
A non-linear personal notebook that runs as a single self-contained HTML file in a browser.
HedgeDoc
Collaborative Markdown editor for notes written together in real time.
