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GPL-3 · 11 k+ stars.","Blinko is an open-source, AI-first note-taking app (GPL-3.0, 11 k+ stars) built for developers and knowledge workers who want more than a text editor. Cards replace documents as the unit of capture: one card, one thought, indexed instantly.\n\nBlinko's standout feature is its built-in RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) engine. Connect a local Ollama model or an OpenAI-compatible endpoint and Blinko can semantically search your notes, surface related cards automatically and answer questions over your entire history — without sending your data to the cloud.\n\nDeployed on a ServOrbit VPS, Blinko runs as two Docker containers: a Next.js app and a PostgreSQL 14 database. Total RAM at rest: roughly 400–600 MB. No domain required — access via an SSH tunnel or attach a domain for HTTPS. The first user to sign up becomes admin.",[25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32],"Card-based capture — each note is an atomic card, optimised for quick capture and retrieval rather than long-form writing.","Built-in AI\u002FRAG — connect Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint to semantically search and ask questions over your entire note history.","Full-text + semantic search — combines keyword search with vector-based similarity so you find notes even when you can't recall the exact words.","Tag and filter — organise cards by tag, type (note, task, bookmark) and filter the timeline in one click.","Progressive Web App — accessible on any device without installing an app; mobile-optimised layout for quick on-the-go capture.","Multi-user support — invite team members, each with their own private note space on a shared instance.","REST API — automate card creation from scripts, CI pipelines, bots or any HTTP client.","GPL-3.0 — no telemetry, no cloud account, no lock-in.",[34,37,40],{"title":35,"body":36},"Daily work log for developers","Use Blinko as a frictionless developer journal: what shipped, what is blocked, what changed. The semantic search surfaces yesterday's debugging note when you hit the same issue today. The REST API lets you auto-log deployment events or CI failures directly into your timeline.",{"title":38,"body":39},"AI-augmented research notes","Capture reading notes, paper summaries and code snippets. With an Ollama sidecar (or an OpenAI key), Blinko's RAG engine answers questions like \"what did I write about rate limiting last month?\" in natural language — without leaving your own infrastructure.",{"title":41,"body":42},"Lightweight team knowledge base","One Blinko instance, multiple developer accounts. Tag project cards #decision, #incident or #todo, and the team searches across everything. Lighter than Notion, cheaper than Confluence, and your data never touches a third-party server.",[44,47,50,53,56],{"title":45,"body":46},"Order a ServOrbit VPS","A 1 vCPU \u002F 1 GB RAM plan on Ubuntu 24.04 is sufficient. Blinko and PostgreSQL idle at roughly 400–600 MB RAM. You can co-locate it with other lightweight apps on a 2 GB VPS without issue.",{"title":48,"body":49},"One-click deploy from the Marketplace","Open your ServOrbit control panel, go to Marketplace → Collaboration & Productivity → Blinko, and click Deploy. Docker pulls `blinkospace\u002Fblinko:latest` and `postgres:14-alpine`, runs migrations and starts both containers.",{"title":51,"body":52},"Create your admin account","Open the address shown in your app card. Without a domain: open an SSH tunnel with `ssh -L 1111:127.0.0.1:\u003Cport> root@\u003Cyour-vps-ip>` (the port shown in your client area, not necessarily 1111) then browse to `http:\u002F\u002Flocalhost:1111`. Click Sign up — the very first account becomes the administrator.",{"title":54,"body":55},"Start capturing notes","Type a thought in the input box and press Enter. Assign tags inline with `#tagname`. The search bar searches full-text; enable AI search in Settings → AI to search semantically across your entire history.",{"title":57,"body":58},"Connect an AI model (optional)","In Settings → AI, enter an OpenAI-compatible endpoint URL (or point to a local Ollama instance on the same VPS) and a model name. Blinko indexes your notes as vectors and makes the search bar understand natural-language queries over your entire history.",[60,63,66,69,72],{"q":61,"a":62},"What is Blinko?","Blinko is an open-source AI-powered note-taking app (GPL-3.0, 11 k+ stars). It organises notes as atomic cards with built-in semantic search and optional RAG — connect a local Ollama model or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint and ask questions over your entire self-hosted note history.",{"q":64,"a":65},"Does Blinko require a domain name?","No. Blinko publishes its port on localhost only. Without a domain, open an SSH tunnel: `ssh -L 1111:127.0.0.1:\u003Cport> root@\u003Cvps-ip>` (use the port shown in your client area, not necessarily 1111) and open `http:\u002F\u002Flocalhost:1111`. To get a public HTTPS address, attach one of your domains or use the free `{app}.{dns_slug}.servorbit-dns.com` subdomain included with every VPS.",{"q":67,"a":68},"How much RAM does Blinko need?","Blinko and its PostgreSQL database together idle at roughly 400–600 MB RAM. A 1 GB VPS is sufficient for a single-user instance. For a team instance with AI search enabled (Ollama sidecar on the same server), plan for at least 4 GB depending on the model size.",{"q":70,"a":71},"How do I enable AI search?","In Blinko → Settings → AI, enter an OpenAI-compatible endpoint URL and a model name. To keep everything on your server, deploy an Ollama instance on the same VPS (available in the Marketplace under AI & Machine Learning), then point Blinko at `http:\u002F\u002Flocalhost:\u003Collama-port>\u002Fv1`. Blinko indexes your notes as vectors and the search bar becomes a natural-language interface to your history.",{"q":73,"a":74},"How do I back up my Blinko notes?","All data lives in two Docker volumes: `blinko-db` (PostgreSQL) and `blinko-uploads` (file attachments). Back up with `docker exec blinko-app-1 sh -c 'pg_dump -U blinko blinko -h db' > backup.sql` for a text dump, or copy the volume directories via SFTP. Restore by importing the dump into a fresh PostgreSQL container.",{"ram":76,"cpu":77,"disk":78,"stack":79,"port":83},"1 GB","1 vCPU","10 GB",[80,81,82],"Docker","Next.js","PostgreSQL 14","1111",[],[86,94,99],{"name":87,"slug":88,"categorySlug":13,"categoryName":89,"categoryColor":90,"logo":91,"tagline":92,"description":93},"Memos","memos","Collaboration & Productivity","text-indigo-400 bg-indigo-500\u002F10","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.jsdelivr.net\u002Fgh\u002Fselfhst\u002Ficons\u002Fpng\u002Fmemos.png","Lightweight self-hosted notes — capture ideas, run a daily log or share with your team. 20 MB image, 128 MB RAM.","Lightweight open-source note-taking app: capture ideas, run a personal journal or share notes with your team — self-hosted on your VPS.",{"name":95,"slug":96,"categorySlug":13,"categoryName":89,"categoryColor":90,"logo":21,"tagline":97,"description":98},"SiYuan","siyuan","Self-hosted personal knowledge workspace with block-level notes, bidirectional links and AI agents.","SiYuan is an open-source personal knowledge workspace: block-level notes, bidirectional links and AI agents — your data stays on your own VPS.",{"name":100,"slug":101,"categorySlug":13,"categoryName":89,"categoryColor":90,"logo":21,"tagline":102,"description":103},"Linkwarden","linkwarden","Self-hosted collaborative bookmark manager for teams — shared collections, per-member permissions, local web archiving. AGPL-3.0, ~9k stars.","Self-hosted collaborative bookmark manager for teams and agencies (AGPL-3.0, ~9k GitHub stars). Organize links in shared collections, assign granular read\u002Fwrite permissions, detect broken links, and archive web pages locally — screenshots and full-text snapshots immune to link rot.",[105,106,107],"self-host-blinko-vps","self-host-memos-vps","self-host-siyuan-vps",{"key":12,"slug":13,"name":89,"objective":109,"icon":110,"color":90},"Share information and collaborate.","collab",1790693365333]