BespokeAINotes & journal
Memos
A private timeline for your thoughts. Just type, and it stays yours.
Memos is a simple, fast place to jot down notes, ideas, links and photos as a personal timeline, a bit like a private Twitter for yourself. Find things later by tag, date or search. It runs on your own computer or server, works on your phone in the browser, and can be shared with family or a small team.
Public demo. Don't enter anything private.
What it does
- One of the most-starred personal apps on GitHub
- Markdown, tags, calendar view, attachments
- Webhooks, API and an MCP server, so your AI can work with your notes
- Runs anywhere with one Docker command
Great for: Anyone who wants a private, fast place for notes, journaling or a family noticeboard.
Make it yours: ideas
Pick an idea to start from, or describe your own.
- Code changes · moderate Daily gratitude journal with a prompt each morning "Turn it into a daily journal: each morning show a gentle prompt like 'What are 3 things you're grateful for?' and tag answers #gratitude."
- Extend: themes, plugins, API · easy Voice-memo inbox from your phone "Let me save a memo by talking to my phone (iOS Shortcut or Android) using the API."
- Settings, no code · easy Family noticeboard "Set it up for my family so we can all post reminders and photos, with our own logo and colours."
- Extend: themes, plugins, API · easy Mirror memos to a Telegram channel "Every memo tagged #share should also be posted to my Telegram channel."
- Extend: themes, plugins, API · easy Ask an AI about your notes "Connect my AI assistant to my memos so I can ask 'what did I note about the plumber last month?'"
Can I trust it?
- Licence: MIT. Free to use, change and share, even commercially. Keep the original copyright notice.
- Source: github.com/usememos/memos
- Your data: Stores personal data, on your own device or server. SQLite by default, in the mounted data folder (~/.memos); MySQL/PostgreSQL optional.
- Other services: none required.
- Public memos are visible to anyone who can reach the server. Check visibility defaults before going online.
- Access tokens act like passwords. Never paste them into chats or commit them.
- Pinned version:
f0ee2fd. Every handoff uses exactly this code.
How easy is it to adapt?
Moderate
Styling and the built-in extension points (custom CSS/JS, webhooks, API, MCP) are easy. Code changes span a Go backend and a React frontend, and API changes need protobuf code generation.
- No code (settings): Light/dark/paper themes and interface language. Restyle Memos or add small behaviours with CSS/JS without forking.
- Extend (themes, plugins, API): Send every new memo to another service (Telegram, Zapier/n8n, a backup script). Create memos from scripts, shortcuts, email or a voice assistant. Let an AI assistant read and write your memos directly through the Model Context Protocol.
- Runs on: hosted-demo, docker, server, local-dev
- Built with: go, typescript
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For your AI
Project pack (pinned version, how to run and customise it): https://handoff.bespokeai.software/p/memos/f0ee2fd/pack.md