Poznote review
A broad self-hosted workspace for notes, tasks, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Nov 2026
Poznote is an open-source note-taking and documentation platform for individuals, families, and small teams that want to host their own data. It combines rich-text notes with images, videos, attachments, tabs, and outline navigation, while Markdown support adds Mermaid diagrams, KaTeX math, and syntax highlighting. Folders, tags, workspaces, full-text search, and graph view support information organization across web, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and a Chrome extension. Shared workspaces, public notes, documentation folders, and task lists also make it suitable for collaborative knowledge work.
Its main strength is breadth within a self-hosted workspace. Task lists include due dates, reminders, filters, and calendar view, while Kanban boards can be created from folders and subfolders. Backups, daily snapshots, trash recovery, and offline export support data management. Git synchronization, S3-compatible storage, a REST API, an MCP server, and webhooks extend the platform beyond basic note capture. Integrations include Excalidraw, GitHub, Forgejo, Keycloak, Authelia, Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic Claude. Choose Poznote when notes, documentation, tasks, diagrams, and sharing need to live together under your control.
The trade-off is operational responsibility. Poznote runs through Docker on a server, NAS, Raspberry Pi, private VPS, or local computer, so the self-hosted model requires an environment to operate and maintain. The Self-hosted plan is open source, MIT licensed, has no subscription, and has no stated usage limits, although infrastructure providers may charge separately. Its AI assistant can search, summarize, create, and rewrite notes, but requires a user-supplied API key. Poznote is a strong fit for buyers prioritizing ownership, customization, and a wide feature set; those seeking a managed service without hosting responsibilities should consider another approach.
Questions about Poznote
What does Poznote run on? Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and Chrome extension. It runs in the cloud, self-hosted, as a desktop app, as a mobile app and as a browser extension.
What does Poznote integrate with? 11 integrations, including Excalidraw, Mermaid, KaTeX, GitHub and Forgejo.
Who is Poznote built for? Solo users and small businesses (our editorial estimate).
Poznote pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Rich text, Markdown, search, graphs, tasks, and Kanban in one workspace
- Self-hosted, MIT-licensed, and free without a subscription
- APIs, webhooks, Git, S3, sharing, backups, and multi-user access
- Where it doesn't
- Self-hosting requires Docker and a server, NAS, VPS, or local computer
- AI features require a user-supplied API key
- Hosting providers may charge separately for infrastructure
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