---
title: "Deploy Kept Notes"
description: "Self-hosted Google-Keep-like app with reminders, shared notes & mobile apps"
category: "CMS"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/kept-notes
---

# Deploy Kept Notes

Self-hosted Google-Keep-like app with reminders, shared notes & mobile apps

**[Deploy Kept Notes on Railway](https://railway.com/template/kept-notes)**

- **Creator:** ericerkz's Projects
- **Category:** CMS
- **Total deploys:** 12

## Template content

### kept

- **Image:** ghcr.io/ericerkz/kept:latest
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host

Kept is a self-hosted notes app built for quick capture: text notes, checklists, images, drawings, links, attachments, labels, colors, and reminders. It aims to keep the lightweight feel of Google Keep while storing your data on your own server.

## Why Deploy

- Text notes, checklists, image notes, drawings, links, and file attachments.
- Drag-and-drop note ordering and checklist item ordering.
- Labels, colors, background images, pinned notes, archive, and trash.
- Search and filters, including note type, labels, and date-style queries.
- Link previews and inline images.
- Time reminders with browser push notifications.
- Location-based reminders through the native iOS and Android apps.
- Real-time collaborative sharing of notes between users on the same instance.
- Offline note viewing/editing with automatic sync when the client reconnects.
- Google Keep Takeout data import.
- Built-in database backups and restore flow.
- Local user accounts, optional 2FA, and user management.

### Common Use Cases 
Taking notes and making reminders for tasks/checklists

## About Hosting
Open-source sticky notes - read more at https://github.com/ericerkz/kept

## Dependencies for

Kept is an Angular app with a Node/Express backend and SQLite storage. 


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