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jotsy
Rust

Jotsy is a self-hosted, free and open-source note taking app with a goal of simplicity in mind

Last updated Jun 26, 2026
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app icon Jotsy: Just your notes

Jotsy is a self-hosted, free and open-source note taking app with a goal of simplicity in mind. It is powered by Skytable. Read the full blog post here.

| App | Login page | Signup page | | --------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------ | | app | app | app |

๐Ÿšง This is currently under development

Features

  • ๐Ÿข Multi-user
  • โœ๏ธ Effective and distraction free notemaking
  • ๐Ÿ–‹ Plaintext or markdown
  • ๐Ÿ” Secure authentication and session management
  • ๐ŸŒฑ Extremely simple to self-host
  • ๐ŸŒฒ Extremely light on resources
  • ๐Ÿƒ Extremely lightweight on the browser
  • โš’๏ธ Simple configuration (read more here)

Getting started

  • First, install docker-compose by following the instructions here
  • Run this:
mkdir jotsy && cd jotsy && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohsayan/jotsy/next/docker-compose.yml && sudo docker-compose up -d
  • Open your browser and head to http://localhost:2022
If you're having issues, consider reading the configuration guide.

Updating to the latest release

To update to the latest release (don't worry, you won't lose any data), run this:

cd jotsy && sudo docker pull ohsayan/jotsy:latest && sudo docker-compose up -d

This will pull the latest Jotsy image, stop the existing instance, rebuild the container and start it up again.

Stack

  • Backend:
- Database: Skytable - Language: Rust - Framework/tools: - Tokio: Asynchronous runtime - Axum: A web framework built on top of Tokio
  • Frontend:
- CSS Framework: Bootstrap - Scripting: Pure JavaScript (uses AJAX) - Markup: Pure HTML

Contributing

As highlighted in the original blog post, please create issues for any ideas you have; I want to hear them! Want to collaborate (would love some frontend wizard for some help :P)? Shoot me a DM on Twitter.

License

This app is distributed under the Apache-2.0 License.

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