The Cheapest Way to Self-Host Memos in 2026 (opens in new tab)

Last updated: June 2026 Memos is the lightweight, open-source notes app a lot of people land on after getting tired of flomo, Google Keep, or a paid Notion seat they barely use. It is a single Go binary with a clean timeline UI, Markdown support, tags, and an API. It runs on basically nothing and your notes stay in a SQLite file you own. But "self-hosted" means you need somewhere to run it. And a notes app has one quiet requirement: it has to stay up, because the moment you trust it with your...