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Comparison · Collab
SiYuan vs Trilium Notes
A side-by-side editorial comparison of SiYuan and Trilium Notes — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:note-taking
SiYuan vs Trilium Notes: at a glance
What is SiYuan?
A relentless release grind hardening databases and cross-platform editing, no single pivot in sight
SiYuan is deep in its 3.7.x cycle, shipping alpha, beta, and stable builds within days of each other. The work concentrates on two fronts: maturing its inline database feature (relation backlinks, column alignment, deep links, item templates) and grinding down cross-platform rough edges across iOS, iPad, Android, and HarmonyOS. This is a local-first notes tool being polished, not redirected.
What is Trilium Notes?
The TriliumNext fork spent its early betas making the app trustworthy to install
Three beta releases from early 2025. The work is dominated by distribution and access concerns: signed Windows binaries obtained through a donated EV certificate, signed macOS builds, multi-factor authentication that required a database version bump, basic right-to-left content support, and repaired migration paths from the original Trilium. Nothing has been published to this feed since March 2025.
SiYuan vs Trilium Notes: editorial side-by-side
SiYuan
6.3COLLAB
A relentless release grind hardening databases and cross-platform editing, no single pivot in sight
◆ Current state
SiYuan is deep in its 3.7.x cycle, shipping alpha, beta, and stable builds within days of each other. The work concentrates on two fronts: maturing its inline database feature (relation backlinks, column alignment, deep links, item templates) and grinding down cross-platform rough edges across iOS, iPad, Android, and HarmonyOS. This is a local-first notes tool being polished, not redirected.
◆ Where it's heading
The database layer is becoming SiYuan's center of gravity — each release adds another Notion-style capability (templates, deep links, backlinks in the attribute panel) rather than editor primitives. In parallel, mobile and HarmonyOS parity keeps eating release notes, suggesting the team is chasing feature symmetry across an unusually wide platform spread. Expect the database to keep accreting relational features until it rivals a light structured-data workspace.
◆ Prediction
The next stable (v3.7.4) will likely consolidate the current alpha database and export fixes without a headline feature; a larger database or AI-editing push is the more probable place a genuine direction change would surface.
Trilium Notes
0.0COLLAB
The TriliumNext fork spent its early betas making the app trustworthy to install
◆ Current state
Three beta releases from early 2025. The work is dominated by distribution and access concerns: signed Windows binaries obtained through a donated EV certificate, signed macOS builds, multi-factor authentication that required a database version bump, basic right-to-left content support, and repaired migration paths from the original Trilium. Nothing has been published to this feed since March 2025.
◆ Where it's heading
These are the problems a fork inherits rather than chooses. Before adding features, the project had to make installs pass platform trust checks, let users migrate off the predecessor without an intermediate upgrade, and add authentication a self-hosted note store is expected to have. It is groundwork, done in the open, with contributors credited by name.
◆ Prediction
There is not enough recent activity to predict the next release. The feed has been silent for over a year, so whether the beta line continued elsewhere is the open question.
Alternatives to SiYuan 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 SiYuan or Trilium Notes.
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Wiki.js
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Pydio Cells
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Memos
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Recent activity from SiYuan and Trilium Notes
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 3d agoSiYuanRelation-selector row opening tweaked (v3.7.4-alpha.2)
- 5d agoSiYuanv3.7.4-alpha.1: export fixes, formula clipping, HarmonyOS batch insert
- 9d agoSiYuanv3.7.3 stable: database alignment, relation backlinks, deep links
- 10d agoSiYuanv3.7.3-beta.3: block dragging, search ranking, onboarding
- 10d agoSiYuanv3.7.3-beta.2: pre-release iteration
- 11d agoSiYuanv3.7.3-beta.1: onboarding, editable top-level docs, update flow
- 1y agoTrilium NotesMulti-factor authentication and signed Windows binaries
- 1y agoTrilium NotesSigned macOS builds and right-to-left content support
- 1y agoTrilium NotesFixes missing Windows ZIP artifacts
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between SiYuan and Trilium Notes?
Both compete on the same themes — note-taking — within Collab. SiYuan is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 0 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 SiYuan better than Trilium Notes?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. SiYuan is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 0 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 SiYuan?
Top SiYuan alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "SiYuan alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/siyuan 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-next for the full list with editorial commentary on each.