Zen
Provides a self-hosted, minimal notes application for organizing markdown-based notes with full-text search.
About
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
- Single Go binary or Docker Compose deployment
- Organize with flexible tags and full-text search with BM25 ranking
- Stores notes as standard Markdown files in SQLite
- 393 GitHub stars
- Low resource usage and minimal dependency footprint
- MCP support for searching, listing and reading notes
Use Cases
- Building a lightweight, searchable collection of markdown notes
- Personal note-taking and knowledge base management
- Self-hosted private journaling or documentation
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