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Blinko

AI-assisted card notes, self-hosted or on Blinko Cloud

Free plan · from $5.99/moNote-TakingChecked Oct 9, 2026
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What is Blinko?

Blinko is an AI-assisted note-taking app for capturing short thoughts and growing them into lasting notes. Quick captures, called Blinks, sit beside permanent Notes, and AI can expand or polish text and answer questions from what you have saved. It comes as a free open-source edition you host yourself and as Blinko Cloud, a hosted service with a free plan and paid plans that add storage and blog publishing features.

Blinko has a free plan. Paid plans start at $5.99 per month, billed monthly (Blinko Cloud Pro). See every plan

Good for

  • Capturing short thoughts quickly and sorting them out later
  • AI search over your own notes using your own API key
  • Self-hosters who want their notes on their own server
  • Publishing selected notes as a personal blog

Worth knowing

  • Blinko Cloud Free includes 100 MB of managed storage; Pro has 10 GB and Pro Plus 25 GB. Cloud plans are billed monthly.
  • Custom domains, premium blog themes, the CLI, the developer API and secure sharing are listed under the paid Cloud plans.
  • There is no iOS app yet (marked Coming soon), Android is an APK download and the desktop apps are described as preview builds.
  • AI features need your own API key or a local model, and self-hosting leaves updates, backups and security to you.

Key features

Blinks and Notes
A Blink is a quick capture for short-lived thoughts and is archived automatically after a period. A Note is permanent, with rich formatting, and a Blink can be turned into one.
AI search and chat over your notes
Retrieval-augmented search answers natural-language questions from your own notes, and a chat lets you ask what you recorded and follow up on a topic.
AI writing with your own provider
Selected text can be expanded or polished, and AI can tag notes or process new ones automatically. Providers include OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek, OpenRouter and local Ollama models.
Personal blog and share links
On Blinko Cloud a note can be published to a personal blog. Share links can carry an expiry time and a password, and shared notes are read-only.
Self-hosting with Docker
The open-source edition runs in Docker with a PostgreSQL database, so notes stay on your own server. S3 storage, webhooks, SSO and scheduled backups can be configured.
Apps and plugins
Desktop apps add a quick-note window and a text-selection toolbar, the Android app accepts content shared from other apps, and a plugin marketplace adds extras.

Blinko pricing

Starts at
$5.99 per month, billed monthly (Blinko Cloud Pro)
Free plan
Blinko Cloud Free: 100 MB of managed storage, a personal blog, nested tags, folders and full-text search, with AI through your own API key. The self-hosted open-source edition is also free.
Free trial
None listed
Open Source (self-hosted)$0The open-source edition on your own server. Storage is limited only by your infrastructure, and you manage updates, backups, security and AI providers.
Blinko Cloud Free$0Hosted Blinko with 100 MB of managed storage, a personal blog, bring-your-own-key AI, nested tags, folders and full-text search.
Blinko Cloud Pro$5.99per month, billed monthly10 GB of managed storage, premium blog themes, a custom domain, no Blinko branding, the Blinko CLI, developer API and secure sharing.
Blinko Cloud Pro Plus$10.99per month, billed monthly25 GB of managed storage with everything in Pro, for larger note and attachment libraries.

Read from blinko.space on Oct 9, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Blinko before you buy.

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Common questions

Is Blinko free?

Blinko has a free plan. Blinko Cloud Free: 100 MB of managed storage, a personal blog, nested tags, folders and full-text search, with AI through your own API key. The self-hosted open-source edition is also free. Paid plans start at $5.99 per month, billed monthly (Blinko Cloud Pro).

How much does Blinko cost?

Blinko lists 4 plans. Open Source (self-hosted): $0. Blinko Cloud Free: $0. Blinko Cloud Pro: $5.99 per month, billed monthly. Blinko Cloud Pro Plus: $10.99 per month, billed monthly. Prices were read from blinko.space on Oct 9, 2026.

What platforms does Blinko work on?

Blinko is available on Web, macOS, Windows, Linux and Android.

Does Blinko have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 9, 2026. Blinko is listed for Web, macOS, Windows, Linux and Android.

Is Blinko open source?

Yes. Blinko is open source, according to its own site. It can also be run on a server of your own.

Does Blinko have an API?

Yes. Blinko offers a public API, according to its own site.

What does Blinko integrate with?

Blinko's listing names OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ollama, OpenRouter, S3 and WeChat. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.

Who makes Blinko?

Blinko is made by Blinko.

What are the alternatives to Blinko?

The closest alternatives to Blinko in our directory are Memos, NoteGen, SiYuan, Trilium Notes and flatnotes. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with Blinko.

Sources for this page

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 9, 2026.