Flatnotes
latestCategory: CMS & Knowledge Bases
Overview
A self-hosted, modern note-taking web app that saves your notes as plain text Markdown files.
Primary Use Cases
Build corporate wikis, internal engineering documentation, and team knowledge hubs.
Publish professional blogs, content websites, and digital newsletters with markdown editing.
Serve structured content as a headless CMS API to Next.js, Nuxt, or mobile applications.
Key Features
- Fast full-text and semantic search across all notes and pages
- Real-time collaborative editing with version history and rollback
- Hierarchical folder organization, tags, and bi-directional linking
- Clean Jamstack-ready REST and GraphQL APIs
Container Specification
flatnotes:latest
latest
Automated Let's Encrypt (Caddy / Traefik)
Managed host volume mounts
How to Deploy Flatnotes with tug.sh
Connect your Linux server
Run the 1-line tug.sh agent install command on any Ubuntu, Debian, or Rocky Linux VPS.
Select Flatnotes from the Marketplace
Pick your domain name, configure custom environment variables if needed, and choose your persistent storage folder.
Click Deploy & Go Live
tug.sh pulls the container, sets up HTTPS certificates, configures the reverse proxy, and boots the service in under 60 seconds.
Deploy on Your Server
Experience effortless self-hosting. Deploy Flatnotes on Hetzner, DigitalOcean, or your home lab with zero maintenance headaches.
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