Logseq
A privacy-first, open-source knowledge base
- Also known as
- logseq
What is Logseq?
An open-source knowledge base for capturing, organizing, and connecting information through linked references, with features for task management, PDF annotations, and flashcards.
Logseq pricing
We don't have Logseq's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Free for personal use
What Logseq does
The capabilities that matter for knowledge base software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Real-time co-editing
- -
- Structured database / table blocks
- -
- Bidirectional links / backlinks
- ✓
- Markdown-native
- -
- Version history
- -
- Local-first / offline files
- ✓
- AI writing / Q&A over content
- -
- Publish pages to the web
- -
- Permissions granularity
- -
- Answer verification / expiry
- -
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- SSO / SCIM
- -
- Public API
- -
- Free tier
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Logseq alternatives
Other knowledge base software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- ObsidianSharpen your thinkinglow · 35%
- Codamedium · 63%
- CraftYour space for notes, tasks, and big ideaslow · 37%
- NuclinoYour team's collective brainmedium · 53%
- Confluencemedium · 50%
- TettraStop answering repetitive questions in Slack. Create an AI-powered knowledge base that does it for you.medium · 59%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Logseq, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 58 | 32.00 | 1850.0 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 58 | 18.00 | 1049.1 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 59 | 10.00 | 594.4 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 88 | 5.00 | 438.2 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 18.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 26.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 70 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 44,187 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"hosting":"both","free_tier":true,"local_first":true,"bidirectional_links":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Clojure | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | AGPL-3.0 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 73 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70% |