# Jotty

> Self-hosted notes and checklists stored as Markdown files

Jotty, written jotty·page by its developer, is a free, open-source app for notes and checklists that you host on your own server. Everything is stored as Markdown files in a single data folder, with no database to maintain. It pairs a rich-text Markdown editor with checklists that can grow into Kanban task projects, and adds linking between items, note encryption, multi-user sharing and a REST API.

- **Category:** Note-Taking Apps
- **Made by:** fccview
- **Website:** https://jotty.page
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 9, 2026

## Pricing

Jotty is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** Free and open source under AGPL-3.0, with no paid plans. The site says the project is fully and forever open source; you provide the server, and donations are optional.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jotty | $0 | The full app as a single Docker image, with a Proxmox community script and an Unraid template as other ways to install it. |

Read from https://jotty.page/ on Oct 9, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Jotty before buying.

## Key features

- **Checklists and task projects:** Simple checklists have progress bars, nested categories, drag and drop and bulk add. Task projects add Kanban boards with custom statuses, a time tracker and a calendar view for due dates.
- **Rich-text notes in Markdown:** A WYSIWYG editor built on TipTap saves GitHub Flavored Markdown, with code highlighting, callouts, diagrams, tags and a switch to the Markdown source.
- **File-based storage:** Checklists and notes are Markdown files and users and settings are JSON, all in one data folder with no database. Backing up an instance means copying that folder.
- **Links and the brain view:** Wikilinks and @mentions connect notes and checklists in both directions. A 2D or 3D map shows how items connect and suggests links that have not been made.
- **Note encryption:** Any note can be encrypted with a passphrase using XChaCha20-Poly1305 or with PGP keys, and the file stays encrypted on disk until you choose to decrypt it.
- **Sharing, sign-in and API:** Items can be shared with other users on the instance or by public link, with OIDC, LDAP and MFA sign-in. A REST API and an optional MCP server allow automation.

## Good for

- Self-hosters who want notes and checklists in one app
- Households or small groups sharing lists on their own server
- People who want their data as Markdown files, not in a database

## Worth knowing

- It has to be self-hosted: Docker Compose is the recommended route, with a Proxmox script and an Unraid template as alternatives.
- There is no native app. The PWA caches pages already visited, but creating or editing items offline is not supported.
- The developer advises backing up the data folder before every feature update, since those can change data structures.
- The MCP server for AI clients is a separate container that has to be run alongside Jotty.

## Works with

Docker, Proxmox VE, Unraid, Authentik, Keycloak, Okta, Claude, Cursor

**Tags:** Open source, Self-hostable, Notes, Markdown, Tasks, Kanban boards, Linked notes

## Alternatives

- [flatnotes](https://toolgpa.com/tools/flatnotes): Self-hosted notes web app on a flat folder of Markdown files. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/flatnotes-vs-jotty)
- [Memos](https://toolgpa.com/tools/memos): Open-source, self-hosted timeline of short Markdown notes. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jotty-vs-memos)
- [Trilium Notes](https://toolgpa.com/tools/trilium-notes): Free, open-source hierarchical notes for a personal knowledge base. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jotty-vs-trilium-notes)
- [SilverBullet](https://toolgpa.com/tools/silverbullet): Scriptable Markdown knowledge base, self-hosted or on desktop. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jotty-vs-silverbullet)
- [NoteDiscovery](https://toolgpa.com/tools/notediscovery): Self-hosted Markdown knowledge base that runs in the browser. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jotty-vs-notediscovery)

## Sources

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

- https://jotty.page/
- https://jotty.page/installation.html
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fccview/jotty/main/README.md
- https://github.com/fccview/jotty

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