Many Notes Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Many Notes hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted markdown note-taking app on your own domain. Deploy Many Notes and xCloud runs the pinned official image as one container with SQLite, creates the administrator from the email you enter, closes public registration, generates the application key, publishes it over HTTPS, and keeps the database, vault files, search index and logs on persistent volumes. Sign in and write your first note.

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What is Many Notes?

Self-hosted Many Notes is a Markdown note-taking web application designed for simplicity. Notes live in vaults, and the files are also saved on the filesystem, so you keep control of the vault structure. Upstream lists multiple users and vaults, collaboration, typo-tolerant search, links, backlinks and tags, templates, PDF export, vault import and export, OpenID Connect and a Progressive Web App. It is an open-source alternative to hosted note apps such as Evernote, and it is MIT licensed.

On xCloud the template runs brufdev/many-notes 0.18.0, pinned by digest, as one container with SQLite and an internal Typesense search index. Four volumes hold the database, vault files, the search index and logs. Public registration is turned off after the administrator is created, and password-reset email stays off until you add mail settings.

From Sign-Up to Your First Note In Just 3 Easy Steps

A self-hosted notes app normally means a container, volumes for the database and files, a search index, an administrator account, a domain and a certificate before the first note. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Many Notes from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then enter the administrator email — the password is generated for you.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Many Notes image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with the search index inside it, mount the many_notes_database, many_notes_vaults, many_notes_search and many_notes_logs volumes, create the administrator, close public registration, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Write Your First Note
Save the administrator password and Application Key from the installation credentials, allow about a minute for the first start, open your HTTPS Many Notes URL and sign in. Then create your first vault, or open the included Starter Vault and add a note.

A Markdown Vault Notes App: Everything Many Notes Does

Many Notes runs in full here: Markdown vaults, search and live updates in one container, with your files on volumes you own.

Multiple Vaults
Keep everything in one vault or split notes into separate vaults, with a tree-view explorer for fast navigation.
Advanced Markdown Editor
Write Markdown with automatic saving, reusable templates, and export of notes to PDF.
Links, Backlinks And Tags
Connect related notes with links and tags, and see backlinks to a note beside it.
Typo-Tolerant Search
Full-text file search that still finds a note when the query has a typo. The search index runs inside the same container and is never published.
Live-Updating Interface
Changes appear across open tabs as they happen, over a WebSocket served through the same HTTPS address.
Collaboration On Vaults
Invite other users to access your vaults once you enable registration in Settings.

Everything You Need To Run Your Notes App 24/7

Managed hosting for Many Notes, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Many Notes 0.18.0 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Administrator account created for you
Public sign-up closed at install
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Many Notes

A private notebook on your own domain
Keep personal notes, drafts and references on a server you control instead of a third-party notes service.
A linked personal knowledge base
Connect notes with links, backlinks and tags so related ideas surface next to each other as the vault grows.
Fast lookup across everything you wrote
Find an old note with typo-tolerant full-text search instead of remembering which folder it lives in.
Shared vaults for a small team
Enable registration in Settings when you want to invite others, then collaborate on vaults.
Templates for notes that follow a format
Maintain consistent formatting for meeting notes, journals or project pages with note templates, and export any note to PDF to share it.

Many Notes Screenshots

Many Notes editor with the vault tree view on the left, a Markdown note open in the middle, and links, backlinks and tags panels on the right

Many Notes My vaults page listing the Starter Vault, with buttons to import or create a vault

Many Notes vs Alternatives

Evernote: Evernote is a hosted note service. As a Many Notes alternative to Evernote, your notes live as Markdown files on a server you control, with links, backlinks, tags and PDF export.
Memos: Memos is a lightweight note-taking app with its own OneClick page. Many Notes vs Memos: Many Notes organises notes in vaults with templates, a tree explorer and a Markdown editor.
SilverBullet: SilverBullet is a Markdown notes platform with its own OneClick page. Many Notes vs SilverBullet is a choice of tool; Many Notes lists vaults, collaboration and OpenID Connect sign-in.
Flatnotes: Flatnotes is a database-free Markdown notes app with its own OneClick page. Many Notes uses a database for features but also saves your files on the filesystem.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Many Notes hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Many Notes sits alongside other tools on the same server.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Many Notes itself is licensed by its maintainers under the MIT License.

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Ready To Run Your Own Notes Server?

Many Notes on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is Many Notes free and open source?

Yes. Many Notes is MIT licensed, so the code is open and the app costs nothing. xCloud charges for the dedicated Cloud VPS only. No paid edition is added, and your notes remain plain files in a volume you own.

Can I run Many Notes with Docker?

Yes, and this template is Many Notes Docker hosting without the assembly. It starts the brufdev/many-notes 0.18.0 image, pinned by digest, as one container with SQLite, proxies port 8080 behind HTTPS and mounts four volumes. Live updates use a WebSocket on the same port.

How much RAM does Many Notes need?

Many Notes asks for 512 MB of RAM, one core and 2 GB of disk, and the template README calls 1 GB more comfortable for large vaults. We pair it with the 6 GB Cloud VPS for a Many Notes cloud install, which is generous.

Where does Many Notes store my notes?

Vault files and attachments live on the many_notes_vaults volume, which is the authoritative copy of your notes. The SQLite database is on many_notes_database, and the search index on many_notes_search can be rebuilt if lost. Your notes are not stored with a third-party notes service.

Can anyone register on my Many Notes?

No. A post-install step creates the administrator and turns public registration off, so strangers cannot sign up. To invite more people, sign in as the administrator and enable registration in Settings. Every note is private to its owner unless shared.

Does Many Notes support OpenID Connect?

Upstream lists OpenID Connect and OAuth sign-in with most login providers. The template lists the settings as commented lines in the environment file. Uncomment and fill them, then redeploy; keep local administrator access until the provider works.

Can I export my Many Notes vault?

Yes. Upstream lists importing and exporting vaults, and exporting a note to PDF. Because vault files also sit on the vaults volume, you can copy them out of the server too. Test an import on a spare vault before relying on it.

How do I back up Many Notes?

Back up many_notes_database and many_notes_vaults together, and keep APP_KEY with them. The search index rebuilds and the logs are optional. Quiesce writes while copying, then test a restore, because vault files and the database should match.

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How do I update Many Notes?

Your install stays on its pinned 0.18.0 version until you adopt a newer template version. Back up the volumes and APP_KEY first and read the upstream release notes. Migrations run automatically at start. The app also checks GitHub for releases unless you turn that off.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.