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notesnookvsTagSpaces

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

notesnookTagSpaces
Score73/10066/100
Rank in category#5 of 81 in Notes & Editors#5 of 34 in File Management
GitHub stars14 8485 347
Stars, last 30 days+220+57
Stable releases, 12 months3317
Latest releasev3.4.11 · 26 Oct 2026v6.14.3 · 12 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

notesnook scores 73/100 against 66/100 for TagSpaces, so it is the safer default.

notesnook ships more often: 33 stable releases in the past year, against 17 for TagSpaces.

If you want the quickest setup, TagSpaces is easier to run; notesnook needs more configuration.

notesnook is growing faster right now (+220 stars in 30 days).

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