Logseq
Open-source, local-first outliner in Markdown (OG) and database editions
Overview
Logseq is an AGPL-3.0, local-first outliner for linked notes, journals and tasks from Logseq, Inc. Since 2026 it ships as two apps: Logseq OG for Markdown files, and Logseq 2.0 (beta) for database graphs with end-to-end encrypted sync, a CLI and an optional MCP server. It is free for local use; sync is a paid, invite-only beta.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 12 Oct 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
Use cases
What you can produce with Logseq
- Daily journal with page and block references linking ideas
- Tasks with TODO, DOING and DONE markers gathered by queries
- Notes as plain Markdown in Logseq OG, or a local database graph in Logseq 2.0 (beta)
- End-to-end encrypted sync (invite-only) or a self-hosted sync server
- PDF annotation with highlights pulled into notes
- Flashcards with an FSRS spaced-repetition scheduler
- Optional MCP server for AI tools, plus community plugins and themes
Logseq is a free, AGPL-licensed outliner built on blocks, backlinks and a daily journal, and it is now two apps. Logseq OG keeps notes as plain Markdown and gets maintenance only; Logseq 2.0 stores graphs in a local database, adds encrypted sync, a CLI and an MCP server for AI tools, and is still in beta.
New users face a real choice between the settled but frozen Markdown app and the faster-moving database app with beta-grade risk. Back up before migrating. Sync is invite-only through a $15-a-month sponsorship, or self-hosted.
What we found
Logseq has finally shipped the rewrite its users waited years for, and in doing so has become two products. In April 2026 the team announced that file-based graphs would continue as Logseq OG, maintained with security updates but no new features, while the main app moves to database graphs. The first database release, Logseq 2.0 Beta, arrived on 13 July 2026 and 2.0.2 followed on 7 October. Both are still labelled beta, and the project README warns that data loss is possible and recommends backups.
Logseq OG keeps the original promise of plain Markdown files on disk that any editor can read. The database version stores a graph in SQLite, exports to SQLite, EDN or standard Markdown, and adds what the old architecture struggled with: support tested on graphs of 50,000 pages, end-to-end encrypted real-time sync, a CLI and an optional MCP server that lets AI tools read and edit a graph. Both apps are AGPL-3.0 and free for local use, personal or commercial. Logseq, Inc., backed by a 2022 seed round from investors including Patrick Collison and Nat Friedman, develops them.
Sync is the paid part, and it is not sold as a normal subscription. The documentation calls it a paid, invite-only feature. Access currently comes through Open Collective, where the $15-a-month sponsor tier is testing the new database sync and the $5 backer tier is promised it later. Self-hosting sync is documented as an alternative.
The long rewrite left visible costs. Performance on large file-based graphs was a long-running forum complaint, with one 2023 post describing a graph of about 2,000 pages taking four minutes to open on an older MacBook Pro. Multiple windows, Markdown mirroring and the plugin API for the database version are still on the public roadmap.
Logseq suits outliner-minded note-takers who value local ownership and can tolerate beta software, or who are content to stay on OG. Anyone who needs settled mobile apps and sync today should test carefully before moving a working graph.
Compiled by RECATOOLS from public sources: vendor documentation and pricing, code repositories and published reporting.
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