blinko

An open-source, self-hosted personal AI note tool prioritizing privacy, built using TypeScript .

⭐ 10,960 stars on GitHub · 🍴 777 forks · 📜 License: gpl-3.0 · 💻 Language: TypeScript

What is blinko?

Merging fleeting thoughts with advanced LLM capabilities usually requires trusting a third-party cloud provider with your personal data. By bringing natural language search to a self-hosted markdown vault, you get the speed of AI retrieval without compromising your privacy

Topics: the project is tagged with popular topics:

• 🏷️ markdown
• 🏷️ memos
• 🏷️ nextjs
• 🏷️ notebook
• 🏷️ openai
• 🏷️ postgres
• 🏷️ react
• 🏷️ self-hosted

📸 Screenshots

Quick install

The project supports Docker Compose:

git clone https://github.com/blinkospace/blinko.git
cd blinko
docker compose up -d

Check the README in the repo for required env variables.

Minimum system requirements

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Resources

• 🔗 GitHub: blinkospace/blinko
• 🌐 Homepage: https://blinko.space
• 📚 Official docs: see README in the repo
• 💬 Community: GitHub Issues + Discussions

Article compiled from GitHub data on 29/08/2026. Star/fork counts may have changed — see live numbers via the GitHub link.