siyuan-note/siyuan
SiYuan
Block-based personal knowledge management, local-first.
Open sourceActiveInstall & go
“An open-source, privacy-first, self-hosted knowledge workspace where humans and AI agents work together 开源、隐私优先、自托管的知识工作空间，让人与智能体在此协作” — from the project
The license, in plain English
- License
- AGPL 3.0 · OSI-approved
- Use it at work?
- Yes, internally and for services.
- Share your changes?
- If you modify it and let others use it over a network, you must publish your changes.
Our reading, not legal advice — the repository’s LICENSE file is the source of truth.
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