Docs vs Memos
| Tagline | Scalable collaborative wiki and documentation platform by La Suite Numérique | Lightweight, self-hosted note-taking and memo hub |
| Category | Notes & Knowledge Base | Notes & Knowledge Base |
| Replaces | Notion, Confluence | Evernote, Notion |
| GitHub stars | 17k | 61k |
| Language | K8S | Go |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Self-host difficulty | 4/5 Involved | 2/5 Easy |
| Deploy options | Kubernetes Docker Compose Manual | Docker Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | yesterday | 3 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
Docs
- Relatively young project; ecosystem of integrations (plugins, API clients) is still maturing.
- Database and storage setup requires external PostgreSQL and object-storage configuration.
- No native mobile app; browser-only.
- Feature parity with Notion (databases, kanban, formulas) is not yet reached.
Memos
- Designed for short notes/memos, not long structured documents or wikis.
- No nested page hierarchy, databases, or board views.
- No real-time collaboration.
- Limited rich formatting compared to block editors.
Bottom line
Choose Memos if you want the lower-effort setup; choose Memos for the larger community and ecosystem. Docs has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.