Instead of a subscription

Self-hosted alternatives to Evernote

Evernote keeps notes, scans and web clippings searchable across devices, with limits that have moved over the years. What the catalog covers is the archive half — scanned paper, OCR and full-text search — on your own disk.

Catalog

Recipes that cover it

Fully verified44,757

Documents

Paperless-ngx

Search, OCR, and organize documents on your own server

2048 MB RAMamd64 / arm64Python / TypeScriptMediumGPL-3.0-onlyVersion 3.1.2

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Requirements and recipe status of the applications on this page
ApplicationMinimum RAMDisk estimateDatabaseInstallation difficultyBackupRecipe verificationLicense
Paperless-ngx2048 MB RAM10 GBPostgreSQLMediumYesFully verifiedCheck is currentGPL-3.0-only

Migration

What changes when you host it yourself

The data stops leaving your network, and so does the responsibility for it: backups, the restore you have actually tested, and the disk it all sits on.

Feature parity is never exact. Read what each recipe states about limitations and the smoke test before planning a migration.

The bill turns into work: updates, certificates and an eye on the release notes. The catalog shows how much of that each recipe asks for.

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