Inkstone

Self-hosted notebook on Cloudflare

WHO USES ITAnyone who wants notes as plain Markdown files, nothing proprietary · Someone with a Cloudflare account who wants a notebook server they fully own · A developer who wants to grant an agent scoped access to search or edit notes

Self-host

A self-hosted Markdown notebook you deploy on your own Cloudflare Workers account, with realtime sync, search and backlinks built in.

★ 819▲ +10 / 7dlast 14 days · stars per dayhollow = no dataAs of 09-16 21:00 UTC

819 stars · checked on GitHub 09-15 21:33 UTC GitHub check 28 h late · incl. +2 observed via GH Archive since then · 7-day +10 observed via GH Archive (as of 09-16 21:00 UTC)

Inkstone's notebook interior: a note list on the left, the "Welcome to Inkstone" Markdown body in the centre, and a document outline on the right.

TESIGN TAKE

Having to deploy it yourself is real friction, but in return it keeps its promise that the data lives only in your own account.

SELF-HOST

AT A GLANCE

USAGE: Unconfirmed — check before use.
LANGUAGE: TypeScript
PLATFORM: web
ACTIVITY: last commit 2 days ago (2026-09-14) · latest release [unconfirmed] As of 09-15 21:33 UTC
COMMUNITY: contributors [unconfirmed] · open issues [unconfirmed] · made by: [unconfirmed] Reference time unavailable
SOURCES: GitHub
FIRST SEEN: 2026-09-15 21:32 UTC
CATEGORY: PRODUCTIVITY

A summary, not legal advice.

WHY IT MATTERS

Inkstone is a Markdown notebook that runs entirely on your own Cloudflare account — Workers, D1, R2 — with no separate server to manage. Notes always stay plain text, with live preview, full-text search (including Chinese indexing), wiki-style backlinks, offline editing with multi-device sync, and scheduled WebDAV/S3 backups layered on top. The public demo (inkstone-demo.pages.dev) really does sign in with the admin account shown on the page (verified), resetting to two starter notes on refresh.

BUILD FROM THIS

Build your own note server for plain Markdown knowledge you want to fully own
Issue a per-document MCP API key so a coding agent can search or edit your notes
Schedule WebDAV/S3 backups for off-site storage

WHO IT'S FOR

Anyone who wants notes as plain Markdown files, nothing proprietary
Someone with a Cloudflare account who wants a notebook server they fully own
A developer who wants to grant an agent scoped access to search or edit notes

START IN 5 MINUTES

# Try the demo first: https://inkstone-demo.pages.dev (sign in with the account shown on the page; refreshing resets it)
# Deploy to your own account: fork the repo → connect it via GitHub in Cloudflare Workers & Pages → set build command npm run build, deploy command npm run deploy

CAVEATS

LGPL-3.0-only · real use requires deploying to your own Cloudflare account; the public demo signs in with a fixed account and resets on refresh
Optional semantic search needs the Workers AI binding; without it, search falls back to lexical only

RECEIPT

FIRST SEEN: 2026-09-15 21:32 UTC
AT SOURCE: 2026-07-30 13:27 UTC
KEPT: 2026-09-17 01:24 UTC
STAR DELTA: +2 ★ / 24h As of 09-16 21:00 UTC
CREATED → FIRST SEEN: 47d
WHEN FIRST SEEN: 817 ★
SOURCES: GitHub

The same facts in machine-readable form — View as Markdown · JSON

SIMILAR TOOLS

Up to five from PRODUCTIVITY by ★ total: edited entries first, then repository cards; this entry is highlighted. Drawn from the same stored snapshot as the rankings — a comparison, not a recommendation. As of 09-16 21:00 UTC

NAME	★ TOTAL	▲ 7d	LICENSE	PLATFORM	LAST PUSH
Hermes AgentSelf-improving personal agent	★ 246k	▲ +375	MITpermissive	linux · macos · windows · android · cli	2026-09-15
InkstoneSelf-hosted notebook on CloudflareTHIS ENTRY	★ 819	▲ +10	Licence unconfirmedunconfirmed	web	2026-09-14
immich-app/immichCARD	★ 114k	▲ +82	AGPL-3.0copyleft	—	2026-09-13
stirling-tools/stirling-pdfCARD	★ 91.9k	▲ +54	Licence unconfirmedunconfirmed	—	2026-09-13
sherlock-project/sherlockCARD	★ 91.5k	▲ +64	MITpermissive	—	2026-09-13

TIMELINE

2026-07-30 13:27 UTCRepository created
2026-09-15 21:32 UTCFIRST SEEN BY TESIGN
2026-09-17 01:24 UTCPublished on TESIGN

SAME DAY

01
BG0
No-account background remover
Removes a photo's background entirely inside your browser — no upload, no server, no account.
Use in the browser
★ 79▲ +28 / 7d09-16 21:00 UTC
02
ZapFast
Lightweight native WhatsApp client
A from-scratch Rust WhatsApp client with no browser engine — about 150MB idle RAM on Linux, versus 1.13GB for WhatsApp Web.
Install to use
★ 107▲ +39 / 7d09-16 21:00 UTC
03
Wealthfolio
Local-first personal finance tracker
An open-source portfolio tracker that keeps investments, net worth and spending entirely on your device — no cloud account.
Install to use
★ 9k▲ +15 / 7d09-16 21:00 UTC
04
page-mascot
Cursor-following page mascot
A tiny React component that puts a character on your page which turns its head to follow the cursor and reacts when clicked.
For developers
★ 307▲ +39 / 7d09-16 21:00 UTC
05
Podroid
Linux container VM for your phone
Boots a real, separately-kernelled Alpine Linux VM on an unrooted Android phone, running Podman, Docker and LXC exactly as they behave on a server.
Install to use
★ 2.6k▲ +14 / 7d09-16 21:00 UTC
06
Capsule
Single-file app player
A desktop player that packs an HTML app and its data into one SQLite file — no account, no server, just a file to share.
Install to use
▲ 333 HN09-16 21:00 UTC
07
SparkyFitness
Self-hosted family health tracking
A self-hosted health tracker for nutrition, exercise, sleep, fasting, mood and body metrics — all on a server you run yourself.
Self-host
★ 6.1k▲ +13 / 7d09-16 21:00 UTC
09
MartinLoop
Execution-control CLI for coding agents
Wraps a coding agent with a spend cap and a verifier, so "I'm done" comes with an evidence-backed receipt instead of just a claim.
★ 130▲ +21 / 7d09-16 21:00 UTC
10
OpenHunterAI
Local AI red-team workspace
An alpha-stage local workspace that runs attacker-style security assessments — strictly against public targets you own or are authorized to test.
Self-host
★ 165▲ +15 / 7d09-16 21:00 UTC