Jotty

A lightweight self-hosted app for checklists and notes, with a rich text editor, optional note encryption and easy Docker deployment.

2k stars, 120 forks TypeScript On GitHub since August 2025

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What is Jotty?

Jotty, formerly rwMarkable, keeps personal checklists, task lists and notes on your own server. It has a clean interface for managing checklists, a rich text editor for notes, and lets you encrypt and decrypt notes for extra privacy. Data stays as files on your server, and deployment takes one container.

Good fit if

  • You want shopping lists, packing lists and notes in one small app.
  • You want encrypted notes without a cloud service.

Look elsewhere if

  • You need full project management: Vikunja.
  • You want quick timeline notes: Memos.

Before you adopt it

Jotty is AGPL-3.0 and free. It is young, first published in August 2025, and one developer writes about 90% of the code.

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

Jotty health: is it still maintained?

74 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    196 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 25 October 2026.
    28 / 30
  • Contributors
    3 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 91% of them.
    5 / 20
  • Releases
    15 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, 1.29.2, on 25 October 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 63% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 1 hour.
    17 / 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

Jotty license: is it open source?

Jotty uses AGPL-3.0, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. August 2025First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayAGPL-3.0.

How to run Jotty yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
docker-compose.yml: 1 service
Setup effort
1 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: jotty.page or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about Jotty

Is Jotty open source?

Yes. Jotty is published under AGPL-3.0, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Jotty still maintained?

Its health score is 74 of 100 (actively developed). It had 196 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 25 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 25 October 2026.

How do I run Jotty?

You can run it with Docker. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to Jotty?

Close alternatives in the Project & task management category include Super Productivity, Taskwarrior, OpenProject.