NoteDiscovery is a lightweight, self-hosted knowledge base and note-taking app that gives you full control over your data. It lets you write, organize, and discover notes using plain Markdown files, with a beautiful modern interface, instant search, graph view, backlinks, favorites, drawing support, MathJax, themes, plugins, and optional authentication, all running locally on your server via Docker or directly in Python. Perfect for privacy-focused users building a personal wiki or second brain with AI integration via its built-in MCP server. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install NoteDiscovery on your UGREEN NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest NoteDiscovery v0.28.1 release.

💡Note: Check out my guide on how to Install NoteDiscovery on Your Synology NAS.

• STEP 1

Please Support My work by Making a Donation.

• STEP 2

Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your UGREEN NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.

• STEP 3

⚠️Mandatory: Add Read & Write Permissions to the Docker Folder.

• STEP 4

Go to Files and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it notediscovery. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 5

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Home then Live connect. Follow the instructions in the image below.

On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 6

In the Name field type in notediscovery. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Note: Copy Paste the code below in the Portainer Stacks Web editor.

services:
  notediscovery:
    image: ghcr.io/gamosoft/notediscovery:latest
    container_name: NoteDiscovery
    user: 0:0
    healthcheck:
      test: timeout 10s bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/8000' || exit 1
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    ports:
      - 8115:8000
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/notediscovery:/app/data:rw
    environment:
       TZ: Europe/Bucharest
    restart: on-failure:5

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for TZ. (Select your current Time Zone from this list.)

• STEP 7

Scroll down on the page until you see a button named Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.

• STEP 8

If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.

• STEP 9

🟢Please Support My work by Making a Donation. Almost 99,9% of the people that install something using my guides forget to support my work, or just ignore STEP 1. I’ve been very honest about this aspect of my work since the beginning: I don’t run any ADS, I don’t require subscriptions, paid or otherwise, I don’t collect IPs, emails, and I don’t have any referral links from Amazon or other merchants. I also don’t have any POP-UPs or COOKIES. I have repeatedly been told over the years how much I have contributed to the community. It’s something I love doing and have been honest about my passion since the beginning. But I also Need The Community to Support me Back to be able to continue doing this work.

• STEP 10

The installation process can take up to a few seconds/minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection. Now open your browser and type in http://ugreen-ip-address:8115 Click the Settings icon. Change the theme. Click + New to create a New Note. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 11

Enter the note name. Click Create. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 12

Your note at a glance!

• STEP 13

You can also create a New Drawing!

Enjoy NoteDiscovery on Your UGREEN NAS!

🆘TROUBLESHOOTING

Note: If you want to run the NoteDiscovery container over HTTPS, check out How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS on Your UGREEN NAS.

🆙Note/Update/Container: How to Update Your Docker Containers on UGREEN NAS Using Portainer.
🐳Note: How to Create Docker Shortcuts on Desktop.
🆕Note: How to Update Portainer to the latest version.
🆕Note: How to Clean Docker.