Evernote vs Eclaire
Eclaire is a broad, self-hosted note and personal-knowledge platform that substantially overlaps Evernote’s core capture, organization, retrieval, and web-archiving workflows, while adding local AI and task management.
Decision guide
The practical reasons to choose either option, based on documented capabilities.
Choose Eclaire if
- Self-hosting and control of your data are a priority and Eclaire covers your required workflows. Its source code uses the MIT license.
Stay with Evernote if
- You rely on capabilities that are different, missing, or not yet documented for Eclaire.
Feature fit
What Eclaire covers
- Multimedia note and document capture
- Notes with links to other assets
- Tags and cross-asset organization
- AI-powered search and retrieval
- Web-page and bookmark archiving
- OCR and document processing
- Cross-device access through web, PWA, and mobile integrations
- Tasks associated with personal information
What’s different or missing
- The README does not document notebook-specific hierarchy or reusable note templates.
- The README does not document real-time collaborative editing, comments, or shared team workspaces.
- The README does not document calendar-linked notes.
- The README does not document synchronized native desktop and mobile note applications with offline note access; it documents a web app, PWA, and mobile automation integrations.
Project snapshot
- GitHub stars
- 897
- Contributors
- 2
- Language
- TypeScript
- Last commit
- May 14, 2026
- Latest release
- Mar 6, 2026
Categories: Document Collaboration, Knowledge Management, Note Taking, File Sync & Storage, Calendars & Scheduling, Task Management
Sources and editorial review10 linked sources
Public documentation supports this comparison. Automation assists collection and classification; editorial standards and corrections remain the responsibility of Kris.
Local-first, open-source AI assistant for your data. Unify tasks, notes, docs, photos, and bookmarks. Private, self-hosted, and extensible via APIs.
repository description · github.comEclaire is a local-first, open-source AI that organizes, answers, and automates across tasks, notes, documents, photos, bookmarks and more.
readme · github.comNotes: plain text or Markdown format. Links to other assets.
readme · github.comBookmarks: Fetches bookmarks and creates PDF, Readable and LLM friendly versions.
readme · github.comAI-powered — content understanding, search, classification, OCR, and automation
readme · github.comMobile & PWA: installable PWA; iOS & Apple Watch via Shortcuts; Android via Tasker/MacroDroid.
readme · github.comThe frontend is a Vite web application with React 19, TanStack Router, and Radix UI.
readme · github.comSelf-hosted - runs entirely on your hardware with local models and data storage
readme · github.comPrerequisites: Docker and Docker Compose
readme · github.comopen http://localhost:3000 in your browser
readme · github.com
