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How to install memos on Windows (usememos/memos) · gitmanual

How to install on Windows

usememos/memos

Memos is an open-source, self-hosted note-taking app that brings your everyday thoughts together in a personal timeline. Your data stays yours, and you choose what to keep private or share.

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Start here

Website ↗usememos.comThe project's own site.Docs ↗usememos.comLinked from the README.

Setup script in the repo

The maintainers included scripts/install.sh. Run it from the cloned folder after reading it.

bash scripts/install.sh

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your Windows

A ready-made Windows download is in the latest release.

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Download for Windows

26.11.0 · 11/1/2026 ↗

memos_26.11.0_windows_amd64.zip

zip · x64 · 21.5 MB · 422 downloads · best match

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/usememos/memos/releases/download/26.11.0/memos_26.11.0_windows_amd64.zip" -OutFile "memos_26.11.0_windows_amd64.zip"
Expand-Archive "memos_26.11.0_windows_amd64.zip" -DestinationPath .

Run it with Docker

A self-hosted app: Docker runs it on your computer and you open it in the browser. Needs Docker Desktop (or Docker Engine on Linux). Run docker compose commands inside the cloned repo folder.

Docker

docker run -d  --name memos  -p 5230:5230  -v ~/.memos:/var/opt/memos  neosmemo/memos:stable

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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