Logseq

A privacy-first outliner for knowledge management that links blocks into a graph, with journals, queries, whiteboards and plugins.

45.4k stars, 2.9k forks Clojure On GitHub since May 2020

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What is Logseq?

Logseq organizes notes as an outline of blocks, starting from a daily journal page. You link blocks and pages to build a graph of your knowledge, tag tasks, and query them across your notes. Classic graphs store everything as local Markdown or Org-mode files; a new database version introduces DB graphs with richer structure. It has a plugin API and apps for desktop and mobile.

Good fit if

  • You think in outlines and daily journals.
  • You want your notes as plain files on your own disk.
  • You want a large plugin ecosystem.

Look elsewhere if

  • You prefer full pages to outlines: Trilium Notes or Joplin.
  • You want block references with a WYSIWYG editor and databases: SiYuan.

Before you adopt it

Logseq is AGPL-3.0, and contributors sign a contributor license agreement. The move to the database version is a large change, so check the migration notes before upgrading an existing graph.

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

Logseq health: is it still maintained?

69 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    663 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 31 October 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    7 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 42% of them.
    12 / 20
  • Releases
    3 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, 2.0.2, on 7 October 2026.
    15 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 10% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 4 days.
    8 / 20
  • Security practices
    OpenSSF Scorecard 3.6 of 10.
    4 / 10

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

Logseq license: is it open source?

Logseq uses AGPL-3.0, an open-source license approved by the OSI. Contributors sign a contributor license agreement, which lets the owner relicense their work later.

  1. May 2020First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayAGPL-3.0. A contributor license agreement is required.

How to run Logseq yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file 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 macOS, Windows, Linux, Android, including ARM in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: logseq.com or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about Logseq

Is Logseq open source?

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

Is Logseq still maintained?

Its health score is 69 of 100 (actively developed). It had 663 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 31 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 7 October 2026.

How do I run Logseq?

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

What are the alternatives to Logseq?

Close alternatives in the Notes & knowledge bases category include SiYuan, Trilium Notes, QOwnNotes.