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Double vs Trilium Notes
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Double and Trilium Notes — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Double vs Trilium Notes: at a glance
What is Double?
Double is turning its accounting assistant into the way the work gets done
Double ships weekly, and nearly every release extends Ask Double rather than the surrounding application. In the last two months it has learned to build workpapers by reconciling accounts against supporting documents, import accruals, create and manage client metrics through the MCP and API, take voice input, and — in private beta — reach into Slack, Notion, and HubSpot. The non-assistant work fills in what firms need to trust that: role-based restrictions on editing client properties, and check transactions in AI Transactions.
What is Trilium Notes?
A local-first note app hardens its imports and keeps AI optional
Trilium, now maintained as the TriliumNext community fork, is a local-first hierarchical note application on a steady monthly point-release cadence. Recent work centers on import fidelity, note-type expansion (spreadsheets and OCR in 0.103), security patches, and a pragmatic LLM stance: it removed bundled LLM integration in 0.102.0, then reintroduced a lighter, provider-backed model selector.
Double vs Trilium Notes: editorial side-by-side
Double
6.3COLLAB
Double is turning its accounting assistant into the way the work gets done
◆ Current state
Double ships weekly, and nearly every release extends Ask Double rather than the surrounding application. In the last two months it has learned to build workpapers by reconciling accounts against supporting documents, import accruals, create and manage client metrics through the MCP and API, take voice input, and — in private beta — reach into Slack, Notion, and HubSpot. The non-assistant work fills in what firms need to trust that: role-based restrictions on editing client properties, and check transactions in AI Transactions.
◆ Where it's heading
The assistant is moving from answering questions to performing the billable work — tie-out, accrual setup, metric standardization across a whole book of clients. Each release pairs that with an access or permissions control, which is the pattern of a vendor that knows the objection is liability rather than capability. The accounting engine itself keeps advancing underneath, most recently with prepaid contracts paid in installments.
◆ Prediction
Given the review-and-signoff question these features raise, the likely next step is an approval or audit trail around what Ask Double produces rather than another task it can perform.
Trilium Notes
5.0COLLAB
A local-first note app hardens its imports and keeps AI optional
◆ Current state
Trilium, now maintained as the TriliumNext community fork, is a local-first hierarchical note application on a steady monthly point-release cadence. Recent work centers on import fidelity, note-type expansion (spreadsheets and OCR in 0.103), security patches, and a pragmatic LLM stance: it removed bundled LLM integration in 0.102.0, then reintroduced a lighter, provider-backed model selector.
◆ Where it's heading
The fork is stabilizing and broadening ingest and interop — robust OneNote migration with device-code web authentication and multi-hour token refresh — while keeping AI optional and provider-driven rather than baked in. The direction is a dependable self-hosted knowledge base that reclaims data locked in other tools.
◆ Prediction
Expect continued import and format-fidelity work plus incremental, provider-dynamic LLM options rather than a bundled AI push; official mobile and multi-user remain community-demand items gated on funding.
Alternatives to Double and Trilium Notes
Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Double or Trilium Notes.
Read the Docs
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CommaFeed
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SiYuan
SiYuan stabilises 3.8.1 after a seven-build beta run, all of it widening the agent surface it opened in 3.8.0
Hive
Hive ships in batches, and this one is all planning accuracy and admin control.
Teable
Teable ships daily, and the work has moved from grid features to platform governance.
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Recent activity from Double and Trilium Notes
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 5d agoDoubleAccruals handles prepaid contracts paid in installments
- 12d agoDoubleRole-based restrictions on editing client properties
- 19d agoDoubleAsk Double reaches Slack, Notion and CRM data in private beta ⚡
- 24d agoTrilium Notesv0.104.1
- 26d agoDoubleVoice input for Ask Double
- 1mo agoTrilium Notesv0.104.0
- 1mo agoDoubleCreate and manage client metrics via Ask Double and MCP
- 1mo agoDoubleAsk Double builds workpapers by reconciling accounts to documents ⚡
- 3mo agoTrilium Notesv0.103.0
- 4mo agoTrilium Notesv0.102.2
- 5mo agoTrilium Notesv0.102.1
- 5mo agoTrilium Notesv0.102.0
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Double and Trilium Notes?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Double is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Double better than Trilium Notes?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Double is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Double?
Top Double alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Double alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/double for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Trilium Notes?
Top Trilium Notes alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Trilium Notes alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/trilium for the full list with editorial commentary on each.