gamosoft/NoteDiscovery

Overview

A self-hosted knowledge base application for managing notes and documents. It stores data locally, giving users full control over their information privacy and ownership. Built with JavaScript, it runs on your own server infrastructure.

Best for

Best for
Developers and small teams who need a private, self-hosted knowledge base on their own infrastructure

Use cases

• Centralize personal notes and documents in a private repository
• Organize project knowledge for small teams without third-party hosting
• Maintain a searchable archive of technical references and tutorials

How to use

Install

pip install -r requirements.txt

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Cursor

Example client config

{\n  "mcpServers": {\n    "notediscovery": {\n      "command": "docker",\n      "args": ["run", "--rm", "-i", "-e", "NOTEDISCOVERY_URL=http://host.docker.internal:8000", "ghcr.io/gamosoft/notediscovery:latest", "python", "-m", "mcp_server"]\n    }\n  }\n}

Notes

A self-hosted knowledge base application for managing notes and documents. It stores data locally, giving users full control over their information privacy and ownership. Built with JavaScript, it runs on your own server infrastructure.

2,613 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-06-30. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Centralize personal notes and documents in a private repository
• Organize project knowledge for small teams without third-party hosting
• Maintain a searchable archive of technical references and tutorials

Pros

• Full data privacy and ownership since everything is self-hosted
• Open source and free with no subscription costs
• Lightweight and easy to deploy on a variety of servers

Cons

• Requires own server setup and maintenance, not a managed service
• Community-driven support only, no official customer assistance
• Feature set may be less extensive than commercial knowledge base tools

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