Provides a self-hosted, minimal notes application for organizing markdown-based notes with full-text search.
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Zen is a self-hosted, minimal notes application designed for efficient personal knowledge management. It leverages a single Go binary, storing notes as standard Markdown files within a local SQLite database. Emphasizing low resource usage and a clean interface, Zen allows users to organize their thoughts with flexible tags and quickly retrieve information through a powerful full-text search engine with BM25 ranking. Its built-in MCP support enables seamless integration for searching, listing, and reading notes, making it an ideal solution for those seeking a lightweight, private, and highly accessible note-taking system.
Key Features
01Single Go binary or Docker Compose deployment
02Organize with flexible tags and full-text search with BM25 ranking
03Stores notes as standard Markdown files in SQLite
04393 GitHub stars
05Low resource usage and minimal dependency footprint
06MCP support for searching, listing and reading notes
Use Cases
01Building a lightweight, searchable collection of markdown notes
02Personal note-taking and knowledge base management
