Which is more popular, Knowledge or SiYuan?

SiYuan has more GitHub stars (46,580 vs 1,460).

Which is more actively developed, Knowledge or SiYuan?

SiYuan had more commits in the last 90 days (4,873 vs 0).

Should I use Knowledge or SiYuan?

Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Both are open source, so trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.

Knowledge vs SiYuan

Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools

Knowledgeopen-source

Knowledge is a tool for saving, searching, accessing, exploring and chatting with all of your favorite websites, documents and files.

SiYuanopen-source

An open-source, privacy-first, self-hosted knowledge workspace where humans and AI agents work together 开源、隐私优先、自托管的知识工作空间，让人与智能体在此协作

Metrics

	Knowledge	SiYuan
Stars	1.5k	46.6k
Star velocity /mo	-0.32085561497326204	3.9k
Commits (90d)	0	4.9k
Releases (6m)	0	10
Overall score	0.12614181318912177	0.9271708503527412

Pros

+集成大语言模型的交互式聊天功能，可以与保存的内容进行智能对话和探索
+内置完整 Chromium 浏览器，支持右键快速提取和总结网页内容
+提供多种可视化视图（收件箱、知识图谱、网格）来组织和管理知识结构

Cons

-项目已停止开发，未来不会有新功能更新或 bug 修复
-仅提供桌面应用程序，缺乏移动端和 Web 端支持
-高级功能可能需要较长的学习曲线才能熟练使用

Use Cases

•跨网站和文档的研究项目知识管理，通过聊天界面深入探索收集的材料
•学术研究和内容创作中的资料收集，利用内置浏览器快速提取和整理网页信息
•个人知识库构建，将各类文件和网页内容统一管理并通过 AI 助手进行交互查询

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FAQ

Which is more popular, Knowledge or SiYuan?: SiYuan has more GitHub stars (46,580 vs 1,460).
Which is more actively developed, Knowledge or SiYuan?: SiYuan had more commits in the last 90 days (4,873 vs 0).
Should I use Knowledge or SiYuan?: Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Both are open source, so trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.