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24 alternatives to dossi

Your own private GitHub notes on every page

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. dossi launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Memo▲196

    Take smarter notes with GitHub Gists, anywhere.

    2020 · usememo.com · its alternatives →

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    2020 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Keep track of your favourite snippets of code on Github

    2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

  4. 4

    GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

    2018 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    Save and organize your favorite GitHub repositories

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    GitX▲91

    Private notes for open source project maintainers

    2020 · its alternatives →

  7. 7

    In a nutshell: 1. You log in with your GitHub account. 2. You select the GitHub repo where your site/app is at (whether it's Next.js, 11ty, Hugo, Nuxt... as long as you're using flat files for content). 3. You add a single config file to your repo to define the content types and other settings (e.g. media folder). 4. Congrats: you now have a user friendly CMS to manage content + media BUT all changes are still tracked like regular commits (under your account) on GitHub. I started using Jekyll around 2009 and over the course of the past 10+ years, I've helped build major sites and tiny…

    2024 · pagescms.org · its alternatives →

  8. 8

    Generate a personal website based on GitHub contributions

    2019 · vscode.dev · its alternatives →

  9. 9

    Add private notes to Twiter or Facebook profiles

    2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

  10. 10
    Neat▲196

    Supercharge your GitHub workflow

    2021 · neat.run · its alternatives →

  11. 11

    Host your status page on GitHub

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    Open source webapp to store notes to in github repository

    2022 · its alternatives →

  13. 13

    Simply Private

    2025 · privatenotes.pro · its alternatives →

  14. 14

    Add private notes to Google Calendar events

    2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    GitJin▲116

    GitHub repos, issues, and PRs in one clear dashboard

    Dec 2025 · gitjin.com · its alternatives →

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    GitBuzz▲70

    Stay up to date with your GitHub account

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    PRNotch▲74

    GitHub pull requests in your Mac's notch

    Jul 2026 · prnotch.pages.dev · its alternatives →

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    Manage frequently used links and notes

    2024 · easyy.click · its alternatives →

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    Explore your GitHub repositories with ease

    2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Type some text on your GitHub contributions graph

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Your ideas, organized - not uploaded

    Jul 2026 · browsernotes.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Gitify▲102

    GitHub Notifications on your desktop.

    2015 · gitify.io · its alternatives →

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    dossi is a browser extension and web app to keep track of your own private GitHub notes is now open source. repos: - Browser extension - https://github.com/siegerts/dossi-ext - Web app and API - https://github.com/siegerts/dossi-app features: - Sidepanel overlay on GitHub pages to add, edit, and delete notes - Label creation - Pin pages to view later - Note management (create, read, update, delete, sort) with “light” markdown support - Extension Popup window to view recent activity and pins - Content script button to open the sidepanel overlay and…

    2024 · xiegerts.com · its alternatives →

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    GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

    2023 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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