Category: Notes & Tasks
8 European alternatives to SiYuan — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
Local privacy-focused note-taking app with block references and graphs
Facts
- Headquarters
- CN (OTHER)
- Category
- Notes & Tasks
- Type
- Product
- GDPR-compliant
- Yes
- Open-source
- Yes
- Data hosting
- EU
Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to SiYuan
- Anytype↗
Personal knowledge and productivity tool with end-to-end encryption and local-first storage. The protocol layer (any-sync, any-block) is MIT-licensed open source, but the client applications (desktop, mobile) and middleware (anytype-heart) are released under the proprietary Any Source Available License 1.0, which prohibits commercial use without permission. Not fully open source.
CH · commercial
- Nextcloud Tasks↗
Task management integrated into Nextcloud with CalDAV synchronisation
DE · open-source
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to SiYuan?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to SiYuan include Anytype, Carnet and CryptPad. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.
Are there open-source alternatives to SiYuan?
Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to SiYuan include Carnet, CryptPad, HedgeDoc, Joplin, Nextcloud Notes, Nextcloud Tasks and OpenProject Tasks. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.
Is SiYuan GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
SiYuan is headquartered in CN (OTHER) and hosts data in EU. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.