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SOGo vs SiYuan
A side-by-side editorial comparison of SOGo and SiYuan — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
SOGo vs SiYuan: at a glance
What is SOGo?
SOGo's 5.12 line has become a CVE conveyor belt while the team's attention sits on SOGo 6.
Six releases in three months, and the majority exist to fix vulnerabilities: XSS via crafted mail, SQL injection, JavaScript injection through hint and theme query parameters, impersonation when OpenID is paired with a non-matching user source, and two CVEs affecting PostgreSQL user sources. Releases 5.12.6 and 5.12.9 exist purely to undo regressions the security fixes introduced.
What is SiYuan?
Near-daily alphas grinding toward parity between desktop and every mobile OS
SiYuan tags alphas almost daily — six v3.7.4 alphas in nine days following the v3.7.3 stable on July 21. The notes are cumulative, so each alpha restates the previous list and appends what landed since, which makes the train look larger than it is. Individual entries are long lists of small enhancements rather than headline features.
SOGo vs SiYuan: editorial side-by-side
SOGo
0.0COLLAB
SOGo's 5.12 line has become a CVE conveyor belt while the team's attention sits on SOGo 6.
◆ Current state
Six releases in three months, and the majority exist to fix vulnerabilities: XSS via crafted mail, SQL injection, JavaScript injection through hint and theme query parameters, impersonation when OpenID is paired with a non-matching user source, and two CVEs affecting PostgreSQL user sources. Releases 5.12.6 and 5.12.9 exist purely to undo regressions the security fixes introduced.
◆ Where it's heading
Alinto declared a feature freeze on 5.12 to concentrate on SOGo 6, and the changelog reflects it — the one new capability in the window, a REST API in 5.12.2, was explicitly a pre-committed sponsored deliverable the team felt obliged to honour. What is left is a hardening cycle on a large groupware surface, with each fix carrying real regression risk into webmail and calendar.
◆ Prediction
Expect the 5.12.x line to keep producing security releases with regression follow-ups, and no new functionality until SOGo 6 surfaces.
SiYuan
5.0COLLAB
Near-daily alphas grinding toward parity between desktop and every mobile OS
◆ Current state
SiYuan tags alphas almost daily — six v3.7.4 alphas in nine days following the v3.7.3 stable on July 21. The notes are cumulative, so each alpha restates the previous list and appends what landed since, which makes the train look larger than it is. Individual entries are long lists of small enhancements rather than headline features.
◆ Where it's heading
Two threads dominate. The first is mobile and multi-OS parity: audio recording on Android and HarmonyOS, S Pen hover for block popovers on Android tablets, batch image insertion in the HarmonyOS editor, back-action dialog ordering, custom font import on mobile, and RPM packaging that coexists with other Electron apps. Treating HarmonyOS as a first-class target alongside Android and iOS is unusual for a note-taking tool this size. The second is the database feature set maturing into a structured-data layer — column alignment, relation backlinks in the attribute panel, item templates, and deep links to individual database items.
◆ Prediction
A v3.7.4 stable should follow within weeks given v3.7.3 shipped after three betas in as many days. Expect the database and HarmonyOS threads to keep accumulating small enhancements rather than a single large feature.
Alternatives to SOGo and SiYuan
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 SOGo or SiYuan.
PhotoPrism
PhotoPrism swapped in an ONNX vision pipeline, then opened the library to 360° media at 16K.
Immich
Immich is four release candidates into v3 with every feature note published somewhere else.
EGroupware
Two branches, one deadline: 23.1 security coverage ends August 15th and 26.x is the only exit.
File Browser
File Browser is shutting down — the repo archives on 2026-09-01 and no security fixes follow.
Paperless-ngx
Paperless-ngx shipped its 3.0 rewrite, then spent a week putting out the fires.
Recent activity from SOGo and SiYuan
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 12h agoSiYuanTab dragging to Documents panel and child docs from selection
- 1d agoSiYuanSync performance and variable font support
- 1d agoSiYuanS Pen hover popovers and configurable tab startup
- 3d agoSiYuanAudio recording on Android and HarmonyOS
- 7d agoSiYuanRelation selector row-opening tweak
- 9d agoSiYuanExport fidelity fixes and callout flashcards
- 2mo agoSOGoPatch undoes 5.12.8 regressions in preferences and mail display
- 2mo agoSOGoTwo CVEs fixed for PostgreSQL user sources
- 2mo agoSOGoFour vulnerabilities: XSS, SQL injection, OpenID impersonation
- 4mo agoSOGoTOTP silently disabled for new users, now fixed
- 5mo agoSOGoInjection fixes in hint queries, theme queries and categories
- 9mo agoSOGoAttachments can display above the message body
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between SOGo and SiYuan?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. SiYuan is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 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 SOGo better than SiYuan?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. SiYuan is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 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 SOGo?
Top SOGo alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "SOGo alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/sogo for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
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.