Org-roam
C
C tier on Personal Knowledge Management SoftwareScore 5.6 · #32 of 32
- Android app
- Not listed
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs on
- Linux, Mac, self-hosted
Summary
Org-roam is ranked #32 of 32 in personal knowledge management software on Everything Xiaomi. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.
Org-roam plans and pricing
All plansCompared on personal knowledge management software
- Free plan
- Yesorgroam.com
- Backlinks
- Yesorgroam.com
- Graph view
- Yesorgroam.com
- Organization model
- wikiorgroam.com
- Offline access
- Yesorgroam.com
- Import and export
- Yesorgroam.com
Facts
- Purpose
- Org-roam is a plain-text personal knowledge management system for non-hierarchical note-taking and networked thought.orgroam.com · 8 Oct 2026
- Notes and links
- It stores notes as plain-text Org-mode files and uses links to connect notes into a personal knowledge base.orgroam.com · 8 Oct 2026
- Backlinks and graph
- The built-in Org-roam buffer shows backlinks, reference links, and unlinked references, and Org-roam can visualize connections with a graph.orgroam.com · 8 Oct 2026
- Note capture
- Org-roam provides customizable capture templates for creating notes and pre-filling their content.orgroam.com · 8 Oct 2026
- Daily notes
- The org-roam-dailies extension provides journaling and commands to create or find notes by date.orgroam.com · 8 Oct 2026
- Citations
- Org-roam caches citations from built-in Org citations and org-ref, and supports reference links to cited notes.orgroam.com · 8 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- Users can create encrypted notes by using Emacs GPG support and a .gpg file extension in capture templates.orgroam.com · 8 Oct 2026
- Offline use
- The maker describes Org-roam as operating completely offline, with the personal wiki under the user's control.orgroam.com · 8 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Org-roam is free and open source under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later.orgroam.com · 8 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The manual describes installing Org-roam through Emacs package managers or directly from its development repository.orgroam.com · 8 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- The project lists Org, emacsql, and magit-section as dependencies for manual source installation.orgroam.com · 8 Oct 2026
- Performance limit
- Updating the database on save can be slow for large Org files, and the manual describes an option to disable automatic updates.orgroam.com · 8 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The manual says Org-roam may feel unfriendly to people unfamiliar with Emacs and Org-mode and assumes basic familiarity with both.orgroam.com · 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project points users to Discourse and Slack for community help and to GitHub issues for bugs and feature suggestions.github.com · 8 Oct 2026
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Sources
- orgroam.com/manual.html· checked 8 Oct 2026
- orgroam.com· checked 8 Oct 2026
- github.com/org-roam/org-roam· checked 8 Oct 2026