Siyuan note by siyuan-note

A privacy-first, self-hosted, fully open source personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang.

Siyuan note interface screenshot from project README
note-takinglocal-firstknowledge-basemarkdowns3ocrchatgptnotionobsidianevernotepdfwebdav
Verdict 84/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty 6 open CVEs Last release 16 days ago

Self-host Siyuan note on hetzner for $4.13/mo and save approximately $94/year vs Notion.

Health score
84 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
44k
2.8k forks

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
95
maturity
100
community
94
security
85
sustainability
100
adoption
42

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 44k github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan
GitHub forks 2.8k github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan
NPM downloads (last month) 2.1k siyuan

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age5.7 yearssince Aug 2020
Last commit3 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped890last: 16 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links1declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

49 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 6 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: CVE-2026-34605.

What people say on Hacker News

Replaces these paid SaaS

Siyuan note is one of the open-source alternatives to:

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Ready to self-host Siyuan note?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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