Anytype

A local-first, peer-to-peer and end-to-end encrypted knowledge base where you define your own types of objects, for pages, tasks, wikis and journals.

9k stars, 605 forks TypeScript On GitHub since May 2023

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What is Anytype?

Anytype treats everything you create as an object whose type and relations you define yourself, close to building small apps on your own data model. Data is stored offline-first on your devices and synced peer-to-peer or through Anytype's network, always end-to-end encrypted. Spaces can be shared with others for collaboration. This repository is the desktop client for macOS, Windows and Linux.

Good fit if

  • You want Notion-style flexibility without trusting a company with readable data.
  • You want to design your own object types and relations.

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Before you adopt it

The Any Source Available License is not open source by the OSI definition: it allows non-commercial use, and commercial use only on approved networks. Contributors sign a CLA. One developer writes nearly all of the client code.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

Anytype health: is it still maintained?

59 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    299 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 23 October 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    3 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 96% of them.
    5 / 20
  • Releases
    15 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v0.57.4, on 3 October 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 0% of recent issues.
    0 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

Anytype license: is it open source?

Anytype uses Any Source Available License. It is source-available, not an OSI-approved open-source license: the code is public, but the license restricts how you may use it, usually commercially. Contributors sign a contributor license agreement, which lets the owner relicense their work later.

  1. May 2023First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayAny Source Available License. A contributor license agreement is required.

How to run Anytype yourself

Docker
No Docker files in the repository
Compose file
None in the repository
Setup effort
Not rated: no compose file to judge from
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
Builds for Windows, Linux, macOS, including ARM in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: anytype.io or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about Anytype

Is Anytype open source?

Not by the OSI definition. Anytype uses Any Source Available License, which makes the code public but restricts how it may be used.

Is Anytype still maintained?

Its health score is 59 of 100 (actively developed). It had 299 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 23 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 3 October 2026.

How do I run Anytype?

You can run it as an app for Windows, Linux, macOS, including ARM. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to Anytype?

Close alternatives in the Notes & knowledge bases category include Joplin, MarkText, Trilium Notes.