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Open-source hierarchical note-taking application for building knowledge bases.

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A local-first note app hardens its imports and keeps AI optional

note-takinglocal-firstself-hostedimportopen-source
◆Current state
Trilium, now maintained as the TriliumNext community fork, is a local-first hierarchical note application on a steady monthly point-release cadence. Recent work centers on import fidelity, note-type expansion (spreadsheets and OCR in 0.103), security patches, and a pragmatic LLM stance: it removed bundled LLM integration in 0.102.0, then reintroduced a lighter, provider-backed model selector.
◆Where it's heading
The fork is stabilizing and broadening ingest and interop — robust OneNote migration with device-code web authentication and multi-hour token refresh — while keeping AI optional and provider-driven rather than baked in. The direction is a dependable self-hosted knowledge base that reclaims data locked in other tools.
◆Prediction
Expect continued import and format-fidelity work plus incremental, provider-dynamic LLM options rather than a bundled AI push; official mobile and multi-user remain community-demand items gated on funding.

◆Recent moves

  1. 24d ago

    v0.104.1

    Hardens the OneNote importer — surviving Graph API throttling, handling 504s without crashing, adding a device-code flow so imports can run from the web app, and refreshing tokens for multi-hour migrations — and redesigns LLM model selection to pull models dynamically from ChatGPT and Gemini instead of a fixed list.

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  2. 1mo ago

    v0.104.0

    The 0.104.0 cut itself; the crawled entry carries only the release-prep commit, with the user-facing changes landing in the 0.104.1 point release.

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  3. 3mo ago

    v0.103.0

    Added spreadsheet note types and an OCR feature, forcing a database and sync-version bump — a real expansion of what a Trilium note can hold.

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  4. 4mo ago

    v0.102.2

    A security-focused release addressing content-handling and desktop vulnerabilities, carrying an upgrade-now advisory ahead of the next scheduled release.

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  5. 5mo ago

    v0.102.1

    A maintenance point release with fixes and housekeeping, no user-facing capability change.

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  6. 5mo ago

    v0.102.0

    Removed the built-in LLM integration over maintenance cost, requiring a one-way database migration — a deliberate scope cut later softened by the provider-backed model selector.

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