Trilium Notes by zadam

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Verdict 84/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty 13582k docker pulls 1 open CVE Last release 1 months ago

Self-host Trilium Notes on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
84 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
36k
2.4k forks

About Trilium Notes

From the project's README at github.com/zadam/trilium. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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Health score breakdown

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

activity
100
maturity
100
community
91
security
85
sustainability
100
adoption
41

Adoption signals

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

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 36k github.com/zadam/trilium
GitHub forks 2.4k github.com/zadam/trilium
Docker Hub pulls 13582k hub.docker.com / zadam

Release & maintenance

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

Project age9.0 yearssince May 2017
Last commit2 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped350last: 1 months ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links4declared 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

3 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 1 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: CVE-2023-3067.

What people say on Hacker News

Ready to self-host Trilium Notes?

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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