Memos
A lightweight timeline of quick notes, like a private microblog
Alternative toGoogle Keep
Memos is a note app for short thoughts: you type a memo in Markdown, tag it, and it lands in a timeline you can search later. It is MIT licensed, ships as a single Go binary with SQLite, and uses very little memory.
Best for when
- you want somewhere quick to capture ideas and daily notes
- you run small hardware and need an app that uses almost no RAM
- you like a timeline and tags more than folders
Watch out for
- it is built for short notes, long documents quickly become hard to manage
- API changes between versions can break third-party clients
- organisation is mostly tags, there is no folder or page hierarchy
Capture first, organise later
Memos looks like a private social feed. You write short notes with Markdown, hashtags and task lists, attach images, and scroll or search back through them. Memos can be private, shared with other users of the instance, or public.
It suits people who want a fast place to dump ideas, links and daily notes without deciding on a folder first. It is not meant for long structured documents, where a wiki or a notes app with a tree is a better fit.
What running it costs
This is one of the lightest apps you can host: one container, an SQLite database by default, and tens of megabytes of RAM. MySQL and PostgreSQL are supported if you want them. Back up the data directory and you have everything.
Keep it on a VPN or behind HTTPS with a login, and think before marking memos public. The API has changed between versions, so third-party apps and scripts can break after an upgrade.
