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jitsuvsTrilium Notes

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

jitsuTrilium Notes
Score63/10083/100
Rank in category#2 of 3 in Customer Data Platform#2 of 42 in Knowledge Management
GitHub stars5 12138 609
Stars, last 30 days+31+634
Stable releases, 12 months314
Latest releasejitsu-cli1.11.0 · 9 Jul 2026v0.106.1 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Trilium Notes scores 83/100 against 63/100 for jitsu, so it is the safer default.

Trilium Notes ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for jitsu.

If you want the quickest setup, Trilium Notes is easier to run; jitsu needs more configuration.

Trilium Notes is growing faster right now (+634 stars in 30 days).

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