# athens

**Repository Path**: mirrors_lidaobing/athens

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: athens
- **Description**: Free self-hosted desktop app: https://github.com/athensresearch/athens/releases; Paid tiers available through https://opencollective.com/athens; Try the demo at https://athensresearch.github.io/athens
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: EPL-1.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-04-02
- **Last Updated**: 2026-05-16

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

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[![discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/708122962422792194?label=discord&logo=Discord)](https://discord.gg/GCJaV3V)
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# What is Athens

Athens is an open-source and local-first alternative to [Roam Research](https://roamresearch.com/). Athens is the most community-driven, private, and extensible knowledge graph.

# 🚀 [Download the free desktop app](https://github.com/athensresearch/athens/releases) 🚀

(Do not auto-update with the Mac M1. Right now M1 build auto-updates to Intel. This is a problem with Electron Builder and we are looking into it.)

**Sponsor us for additional features/services at https://opencollective.com/athens!**

**Demo Athens in your browser (no changes are saved): https://athensresearch.github.io/athens**

![writing-demo](https://github.com/tangjeff0/athens-public/blob/main/bret-victor-demo.gif)

### Open-Source

- The freedom to self-host
- The freedom to use any previous version of Athens for the rest of time
- Insurance against vendor lock-in
- Transparency and direct feedback loops in the [development](https://loom.com/share/folder/5582cfd8099a4dbda63b61213d5d9152) [process](https://github.com/athensresearch/athens/issues)

### Local-First

- 0% data loss
- 0% downtime
- 100% availability
- 100% local and fast unlike server-first apps (*cough* Notion and Roam)

## Knowledge Graph

The problem with notetaking apps like Evernote or Apple Notes is that once you write a note, after a week you never look at it again. Without any organization, you're stuck praying that search will work for your future self. On the other hand, creating and following a system requires way too much discipline.

Athens lets you take notes with minimal systems, structure, and organization, freeing you to stay creative and in flow state. Athens does this with [[bidirectional links]], ((block references)), and a graph database.

![graph-demo](https://github.com/tangjeff0/athens-public/blob/main/open-source-graph-demo.gif)

# [Building Locally or Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md)

If you want to contribute to Athens as a developer or designer, please begin by reading [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md). This also contains instructions on how to build Athens on your own computer.

Some tips once you've gotten Athens:
- [How to use Athens](https://www.loom.com/share/ee5120d1f69d4ce0aab923de71caedd0)
- [How to file a bug report](https://www.loom.com/share/e69857c0f65f4232ab10dd78f47c4c44)
- [How to file a feature request](https://www.loom.com/share/dea9e3b3e7424f97a84e2fb81daed9c9)
- If you have trouble with a new version of Athens, download a previous build on our [releases page](https://github.com/athensresearch/athens/releases).

# [Join Discord](https://discord.gg/GCJaV3V)

Our Discord community is a space for [collaboration and learning](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md#values) (especially about Clojure!).

Every Sunday we have a [Community Call](https://loom.com/share/folder/ad4f7f087c8e4736a28983889102fa70) at 11am Pacific.

# [Pricing](https://opencollective.com/athens)

Athens is free to self-host, with additional features and services for our paid sponsors. We are also working on an enterprise offering for companies to self-host. Please see our [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/athens) for more details.

# Links

To learn more about this project, please see:

- [Athens Joins Y Combinator](https://www.notion.so/athensresearch/Athens-Joins-Y-Combinator-86b9dfa30f4141e5bf072fad8f95a6c7)
- [MVP Update, Funding, and Why I Started Athens](https://www.notion.so/athensresearch/MVP-Update-Funding-and-Why-I-Started-Athens-e68822f0c3654660ae621cdcbf932bc4)
- [Vision](VISION.md) — individual and collective memexes — computing and the Web as originally promised
- [Governance](GOVERNANCE.md) — BD + Core Team + Guardians + Athenians
- [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) — our values and guidelines, AKA how to be an awesome Athenian

# Thank You

Athens is here today because of our Sponsors and Contributors. Thank you.

## Sponsors

[![Sponsors](https://athens-assets-1.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sponsor-faces.png)](https://opencollective.com/athens)

## Contributors

Developers


![Contributors](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8952138/111184984-c1d83180-856e-11eb-9b7f-136de40d8252.png)

Designers: https://www.figma.com/file/iCXP6z7H5IAQ6xyFr5AbZ7/Product-Design-Sandbox?node-id=0%3A1

Plus everyone who's commented on GitHub, Discord, Twitter... the community!