Productivity tools / Logseq
Logseq
A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration.
Where it stands
3.4 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health3.5 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Community3.8 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Logseq yet. Facts checked 2026-11-08. How tests work
Disclosure: agathox makes some of the tools listed here. They are labelled and scored by the same method as every other tool.
Should you use Logseq?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-08.
A good fit if…
- Your files must stay on your own device. Its own pages say they do.
- You want a free option. It states: “Logseq is free forever for personal use. The page says: “Free forever for personal use.””
Check first
- Its pages do not state: pricing, signup, watermark. Check on the tool's site before you rely on it.
Does: Note taking
Measured signals
3.5 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Logseq's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 10 ms.
- Security2 / 50 of 5 protective headers set.
- Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
- Transparency1 / 5No privacy policy linked; no pricing page linked.
Community feedback
3.8 / 5 · 17 commenters88% of the 17 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about Logseq; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“Having used other note taking software for the past decade (in particular outliners) Logseq is my new favourite, I just wish they'd focus on performance issues though. Indexing and general responsiveness slows down…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“Logseq's got a lot of promise, but unfortunately the inability to sync for without a subscription (last I checked) was an issue for me. I use Things 3 & UpNote now, both are quite nice but importantly allow a one-time…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“I used Logseq for a while but the big problem I had with it is how strongly it is focused on bullet points. Posting long form text is cumbersome because the default paste just turns everything into lists on newlines, and…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“I tried getting LogSeq approved at my workplace for use, and part of its denial is that LogSeq's written privacy policy is so very bad. I hope the team can find someone to improve it.”
Read in the thread
Threads: Logseq: Privacy-First, Joyful Platform for Knowledge Management (2022, 118 comments) · Show HN: Logseq – A roam like open-source plaintext note-taking app (2020, 20 comments) · Logseq: A privacy-first, open-source knowledge base (2024, 10 comments) · Logseq: A privacy-first, open-source knowledge base (2024, 4 comments)
- Free tier
- Logseq is free forever for personal use. The page says: “Free forever for personal use.”
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- Not stated.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Data is stored locally on the user's device. The page says: “You own your data locally forever.”
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Read automatically by a program, not by a person. Each fact quotes the sentence it came from, and a fact is shown only if that sentence is on the page. Where a page did not say, it reads “Not stated.”
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Tasks and scores
- Note takingNot tested yet
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