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tiledeskvsTrilium Notes

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

tiledeskTrilium Notes
Score51/10083/100
Rank in category#46 of 110 in Chat#2 of 42 in Knowledge Management
GitHub stars32438 608
Stars, last 30 days+0+633
Stable releases, 12 months114
Latest release1.2.1 · 6 Oct 2026v0.106.1 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageMustacheTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Trilium Notes scores 83/100 against 51/100 for tiledesk, so it is the safer default.

Trilium Notes ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for tiledesk.

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

Trilium Notes is growing faster right now (+633 stars in 30 days).

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