{"id":46167,"url":"https://github.com/tehtbl/awesome-note-taking","name":"awesome-note-taking","description":"A curated list of 100+ awesome note-taking apps, PKM tools \u0026 knowledge management software — open source and proprietary. Updated regularly.","projects_count":117,"last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T09:00:33.429Z","repository":{"id":40258329,"uuid":"231954058","full_name":"tehtbl/awesome-note-taking","owner":"tehtbl","description":"A curated list of 100+ awesome note-taking apps, PKM tools \u0026 knowledge management software — open source and proprietary. Updated regularly.","archived":false,"fork":false,"pushed_at":"2026-04-20T10:32:20.000Z","size":187,"stargazers_count":838,"open_issues_count":12,"forks_count":78,"subscribers_count":17,"default_branch":"master","last_synced_at":"2026-05-07T05:02:26.871Z","etag":null,"topics":["awesome","awesome-list","awesome-lists","knowledge-base","markdown","note-taking","note-taking-apps","notes","personal-knowledge-system","pkm","productivity","self-hosted","zettelkasten"],"latest_commit_sha":null,"homepage":"","language":null,"has_issues":true,"has_wiki":null,"has_pages":null,"mirror_url":null,"source_name":null,"license":"cc0-1.0","status":null,"scm":"git","pull_requests_enabled":true,"icon_url":"https://github.com/tehtbl.png","metadata":{"files":{"readme":"README.md","changelog":null,"contributing":"contributing.md","funding":null,"license":"license","code_of_conduct":"code-of-conduct.md","threat_model":null,"audit":null,"citation":null,"codeowners":null,"security":null,"support":null,"governance":null,"roadmap":null,"authors":null,"dei":null,"publiccode":null,"codemeta":null,"zenodo":null,"notice":null,"maintainers":null,"copyright":null,"agents":null,"dco":null,"cla":null}},"created_at":"2020-01-05T17:45:21.000Z","updated_at":"2026-05-07T03:27:13.000Z","dependencies_parsed_at":"2024-03-06T17:12:09.257Z","dependency_job_id":"c37a574f-aff1-4e0a-9019-4e9a49bf680e","html_url":"https://github.com/tehtbl/awesome-note-taking","commit_stats":null,"previous_names":[],"tags_count":0,"template":false,"template_full_name":null,"purl":"pkg:github/tehtbl/awesome-note-taking","repository_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/tehtbl%2Fawesome-note-taking","tags_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/tehtbl%2Fawesome-note-taking/tags","releases_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/tehtbl%2Fawesome-note-taking/releases","manifests_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/tehtbl%2Fawesome-note-taking/manifests","owner_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/owners/tehtbl","download_url":"https://codeload.github.com/tehtbl/awesome-note-taking/tar.gz/refs/heads/master","sbom_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/tehtbl%2Fawesome-note-taking/sbom","scorecard":null,"host":{"name":"GitHub","url":"https://github.com","kind":"github","repositories_count":286080680,"owners_count":33406444,"icon_url":"https://github.com/github.png","version":null,"created_at":"2022-05-30T11:31:42.601Z","updated_at":"2026-05-23T04:15:53.637Z","status":"ssl_error","status_checked_at":"2026-05-23T04:15:53.242Z","response_time":53,"last_error":"SSL_read: unexpected eof while reading","robots_txt_status":"success","robots_txt_updated_at":"2025-07-24T06:49:26.215Z","robots_txt_url":"https://github.com/robots.txt","online":false,"can_crawl_api":true,"host_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub","repositories_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories","repository_names_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repository_names","owners_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/owners"}},"created_at":"2024-01-14T07:07:55.247Z","updated_at":"2026-06-09T09:00:33.429Z","primary_language":null,"list_of_lists":false,"displayable":true,"categories":["Proprietary","Open Source","Quick Comparison","Legend"],"sub_categories":["Web UI","Native GUI","Editor Plugin","Electron","Tauri","CLI","TUI"],"readme":"\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"media/logo.svg\" alt=\"Awesome Note-Taking\" width=\"400\"\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe most comprehensive, community-curated collection of note-taking tools.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  Open source \u0026amp; proprietary — organized, rated, and actively maintained.\u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://awesome.re\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://awesome.re/badge-flat2.svg\" alt=\"Awesome\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/stars/tehtbl/awesome-note-taking?style=social\" alt=\"Stars\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/tehtbl/awesome-note-taking\" alt=\"Last Commit\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/tehtbl/awesome-note-taking\" alt=\"Contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/projects-100%2B-blue\" alt=\"Projects\"\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003e **What is this?** A hand-picked directory of 100+ note-taking apps, PKM tools,\n\u003e and knowledge management software — from simple markdown editors to full\n\u003e knowledge graphs. Whether you're a developer, student, writer, or researcher,\n\u003e you'll find the right tool here.\n\u003e\n\u003e *Know a great tool that's missing?*\n\u003e [Open a PR](contributing.md) — contributions are very welcome!\n\n## Legend\n\n| Icon | Meaning |\n|:----:|:--------|\n| 📖 | Notes stored in **plain text** (Markdown, org-mode, wiki, etc.) |\n| 📕 | Notes stored in a **database** or proprietary format |\n| 🤖 | **Android** support or app (see also [Termux](https://termux.dev/) for CLI tools) |\n| 🍎 | **iOS** support or app |\n| 👍 | **Recommended** — in active use for years by a PR author |\n| 🔁 | Built-in **multi-device sync** (alternatively: [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) or any cloud provider) |\n| 🔒 | **End-to-end encryption** support |\n| ⚠️ | **Archived / abandoned** — kept for reference but no longer maintained |\n\n## Contents\n\n- [Open Source](#open-source)\n  - [Native GUI](#native-gui)\n  - [CLI](#cli)\n  - [TUI](#tui)\n  - [Editor Plugin](#editor-plugin)\n  - [Electron](#electron)\n  - [Tauri](#tauri)\n  - [Web UI](#web-ui)\n- [Proprietary](#proprietary)\n- [Quick Comparison](#quick-comparison)\n- [Contributing](#contributing)\n\n## Open Source\n\n### Native GUI\n\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [AppFlowy](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy) - Open source alternative to Notion. Supports macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. `AGPL-3.0` `Flutter/Dart`\n- 📕 [Cherrytree](http://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree) - A hierarchical note-taking app featuring rich text and syntax highlighting. `GPL-3.0` `Qt/C++`\n- 📕🍎🔁 [DailyVox](https://github.com/intrepidkarthi/dailyvox) - Free AI voice diary for iOS with on-device transcription, mood tracking, Digital Twin, and knowledge graph. 100% offline, optional iCloud sync. `MIT` `Swift/SwiftUI`\n- 📖 [Fluster](https://fluster-one.vercel.app) - All-in-one note-taking solution for modern students and academics, powered by Rust with integrated AI. `?` `Rust/TypeScript`\n- 📖🍎🤖🔁 [GitJournal](https://github.com/GitJournal/GitJournal) - Open source markdown notes editor with integrated Git syncing. Supports iOS, Android, Linux, and macOS. `AGPL-3.0` `Flutter/Dart`\n- 📖 [Leo](https://leo-editor.github.io/) - PIM, IDE, and outliner that accelerates the work flow of programmers, authors, and web designers. `MIT` `Python`\n- 📖 [QOwnNotes](https://www.qownnotes.org/) - Open source plain-text file markdown note-taking application with Nextcloud / ownCloud integration. `GPL-2.0` `Qt/C++`\n- 📖 [Red Notebook](https://rednotebook.app/) - Open source desktop journal using plain-text files. `GPL-2.0` `Python/GTK`\n- 📕 [Revu](https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/revu-swift) - Local-first spaced repetition note-taking app for macOS with FSRS scheduling, Anki import, and study guides. `GPL-3.0` `Swift/SwiftUI`\n- 🤖🔁⚠️ [Tomboy](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Tomboy) - GNOME desktop note-taking application for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Original project abandoned; see [tomboy-ng](https://github.com/tomboy-notes/tomboy-ng) for the active successor. `LGPL-2.1` `C#/Mono`\n- 📕 [treesheets](https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets) - Free form data organizer using hierarchical spreadsheet. `Zlib` `C++`\n- 📖 [Zim Desktop Wiki](https://zim-wiki.org/) - Open source multi-platform desktop GUI to manage a collection of local wiki pages. `GPL-2.0` `Python/GTK`\n\n\u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"#contents\"\u003eback to top\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### CLI\n\n- 📖 [IWE](https://github.com/iwe-org/iwe) - A markdown-based knowledge management tool with CLI and LSP server. Turns markdown files into a navigable graph with backlinks and link completion. Works with VS Code, Neovim, Zed, and Helix. `Apache-2.0` `Rust`\n- 📕 [lifeos-cli](https://github.com/liujuanjuan1984/lifeos-cli) - A terminal-native LifeOS for notes, linked tasks, schedules, events, and timelogs. `Apache-2.0` `Python`\n- 📖 [nb](https://github.com/xwmx/nb) - A command line and local web note-taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base application. `AGPL-3.0` `Shell`\n- 📖 [todo-txt](https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt-cli) - A simple and extensible shell script for managing your todo.txt file. `GPL-3.0` `Shell`\n- 📖 [zk](https://github.com/mickael-menu/zk) - A command-line tool helping you to maintain a plain text Zettelkasten or personal wiki. `GPL-3.0` `Go`\n\n\u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"#contents\"\u003eback to top\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### TUI\n\n- 📖 [FuzPad](https://github.com/JianZcar/FuzPad) - A minimalistic note management solution powered by fzf. `GPL-3.0` `Shell`\n- 📖 [Toney](https://github.com/SourcewareLab/Toney) - A fast, lightweight, terminal-based note-taking app for the modern developer. `MIT` `Go`\n\n\u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"#contents\"\u003eback to top\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### Editor Plugin\n\n- 🤖 [Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) - An open source, cross-platform, extensible, and customizable text editor. `GPL-3.0` `C/Emacs Lisp`\n  - 📖 [Deft](https://github.com/jrblevin/deft) - An Emacs mode for quickly browsing, filtering, and editing directories of plain text notes, inspired by Notational Velocity. `BSD-3-Clause` `Emacs Lisp`\n  - 📖 [howm](https://kaorahi.github.io/howm/) - Note-taking tool on Emacs that can be combined with any format. `GPL-2.0` `Emacs Lisp`\n  - 📖 [Hyperbole/Koutliner](https://www.gnu.org/software/hyperbole/) - Multi-level autonumbered hypertextual outliner for Emacs. `GPL-3.0` `Emacs Lisp`\n  - 📖⚠️ [Org-brain](https://github.com/Kungsgeten/org-brain) - Concept mapping in Emacs using org-mode. Last commit 2023; appears unmaintained. `MIT` `Emacs Lisp`\n  - 📖 [Org-mode](https://orgmode.org/) - Plain-text markup and major mode for keeping notes, authoring documents, computational notebooks, and literate programming. `GPL-3.0` `Emacs Lisp`\n  - 📖 [Org-roam](https://www.orgroam.com/) - Plain-text personal knowledge management system inspired by Roam Research. `GPL-3.0` `Emacs Lisp`\n- 📖 [vim-wiki](https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki) - A personal wiki for Vim — a number of linked text files with their own syntax highlighting. `MIT` `Vim Script`\n- Visual Studio Code - Microsoft text editor.\n  - 📖 [Emanote](https://github.com/srid/emanote) - A structured view of your plain-text notes. Successor to Neuron. `AGPL-3.0` `Haskell`\n  - 📖 [Foam](https://foambubble.github.io/) - VSCode plugin for personal knowledge management inspired by Roam Research. `MIT` `TypeScript/VSCode`\n\n\u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"#contents\"\u003eback to top\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### Electron\n\n- 📕🔁 [AFFiNE](https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE) - Next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting, and creating all together. Privacy first, open-source, customizable and ready to use. `MIT` `Electron/TypeScript`\n- 📕🍎🤖🔒🔁 [AnyType](https://anytype.io/) - Open source local-first app for tasks, notes, and more with E2EE and cross-platform sync. `Source-available` `Electron/TypeScript`\n- 📖 [Bangle.io](https://bangle.io) - A free alternative to Notion that takes markdown notes saved right on your computer. `AGPL-3.0` `Web/TypeScript`\n- 📖 [btw](https://github.com/btw-so/btw) - Open source personal website builder. `GPL-3.0` `Electron/JavaScript`\n- 📖 [Linked](https://github.com/lostdesign/linked) - Forget less by daily journaling, completely offline, secure, and free. Supports macOS, Windows, and Linux. `GPL-3.0` `Electron/TypeScript`\n- 📖🍎🤖🔁 [Logseq](https://github.com/logseq/logseq) - Local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base. `AGPL-3.0` `Electron/ClojureScript`\n- ⚠️ [Notable](https://notable.app/) - Simple note-taking app based on VS Code Editor. No longer open source as of v1.6. `Proprietary` `Electron/TypeScript`\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [SiYuan](https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan) - A privacy-first, self-hosted, fully open source personal knowledge management software. `AGPL-3.0` `Electron/TypeScript+Go`\n- 📖🍎🤖🔒🔁 [Standard Notes](https://github.com/standardnotes/app) - A free, open-source, and completely encrypted notes app for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. `AGPL-3.0` `Electron/TypeScript`\n- 📖 [SwarmVault](https://github.com/swarmclawai/swarmvault) - Local-first RAG knowledge base compiler with persistent markdown wiki, knowledge graph, hybrid SQLite FTS and embeddings, contradiction detection, and built-in MCP server. `MIT` `Node.js/TypeScript`\n- 📖 [Tangent Notes](https://www.tangentnotes.com/) - An open source, local-first markdown note taking application designed to let you write the way you think. `Apache-2.0` `Electron/TypeScript`\n- 📖🤖🔁 [TidGi](https://github.com/tiddly-gittly/TidGi-Desktop) - Customizable personal knowledge-base with git as backup manager and blogging platform, based on TiddlyWiki. `MPL-2.0` `Electron/TypeScript`\n- 📖 [Zettlr](https://www.zettlr.com/) - Markdown editor for academics and researchers. `GPL-3.0` `Electron/TypeScript`\n\n\u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"#contents\"\u003eback to top\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### Tauri\n\n- 📖🍎 [Char](https://github.com/fastrepl/char) - Open-source AI notepad for meetings with flexible AI stack and on-device storage. `GPL-3.0` `Tauri/Rust+TypeScript`\n- 📖 [Inkwell](https://github.com/4worlds4w-svg/inkwell) - Portable Markdown editor with split view, live preview, themes, templates, focus mode, and diff viewer. `Source-available` `Tauri/Rust`\n- 📖 [Stik](https://github.com/0xMassi/stik_app) - Instant thought capture for macOS. Global hotkey summons a post-it note, type and close. Notes stored as plain markdown files. `MIT` `Tauri/TypeScript+Rust`\n- 📕 [Treedome](https://codeberg.org/solver-orgz/treedome) - Open-source and local-first, encrypted note-taking application organized in tree-like structures. `AGPL-3.0` `Tauri/Rust`\n\n\u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"#contents\"\u003eback to top\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### Web UI\n\n- 📖⚠️ [CodiMD](https://github.com/hackmdio/codimd) - The free software version of HackMD. See [HedgeDoc](https://hedgedoc.org/) for the active community fork. `AGPL-3.0` `Web/JavaScript`\n- 📖 [Docmost](https://github.com/docmost/docmost) - Open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. Notion/Confluence alternative with real-time collaboration. `AGPL-3.0` `Web/TypeScript`\n- 📖 [Dokuwiki](https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki) - A simple to use and highly versatile open source wiki software that doesn't require a database. `GPL-2.0` `Web/PHP`\n- 📖 [Ephe](https://github.com/unvalley/ephe) - A Markdown paper for daily todo and thoughts. Privacy first, OSS, local-only. `MIT` `Web/TypeScript`\n- 📖 [Flatnotes](https://github.com/dullage/flatnotes) - Self-hosted, database-less, plain-text markdown note-taking app. `MIT` `Python/Vue`\n- 📖 [Fossil](https://www2.fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki) - Source control software with built-in standalone wiki pages. `BSD-2-Clause` `C`\n- 📖 [HedgeDoc](https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc) - Real-time collaborative markdown notes. Community successor to CodiMD. `AGPL-3.0` `Web/TypeScript`\n- 📕 [Hypothes.is](https://hypothes.is/) - Annotate anything online. `BSD-2-Clause` `Web/Python`\n- 📖🍎🤖🔒🔁 [Joplin](https://joplinapp.org/) - Open source note taking app that supports synchronization with E2EE. Available on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, and CLI. Supports import from Evernote. `AGPL-3.0` `Electron+React Native/TypeScript`\n- 📕⚠️ [Laverna](https://laverna.cc) - Evernote-like note-taking web application with a Markdown editor. Abandoned since 2018. `MPL-2.0` `Web/JavaScript`\n- 📖🔁 [Memos](https://github.com/usememos/memos) - Lightweight, self-hosted memo hub. Privacy first. `MIT` `Go/React`\n- 📖 [NattyNote](https://github.com/ahmedelq/NattyNote) - A free, open-source browser extension to take time-stamped YouTube notes. `GPL-3.0` `Browser Extension/JavaScript`\n- 📖⚠️ [Neuron](https://neuron.zettel.page/) - Open-source app for managing plain-text notes in Zettelkasten style. Superseded by Emanote. `AGPL-3.0` `Haskell`\n- 📖🍎🤖🔒🔁 [Notesnook](https://github.com/streetwriters/notesnook) - Fully open source and end-to-end encrypted note-taking app available on all platforms. `GPL-3.0` `Web/TypeScript`\n- 📖 [Outline](https://github.com/outline/outline) - Fast, collaborative team knowledge base. Self-hosted or cloud. `BSL-1.1` `Web/TypeScript`\n- 📖 [SilverBullet](https://github.com/silverbulletmd/silverbullet) - Free, open-source self-hosted PWA for markdown notes. `MIT` `TypeScript/Go`\n- 📕 [Solo](https://github.com/johnSamilin/solo) - Minimalistic private note-taking app with focus on typography. `MIT` `Web/TypeScript`\n- 📖 [TiddlyWiki](https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5) - A self-contained JavaScript wiki for the browser, Node.js, AWS Lambda, and more. `BSD-3-Clause` `Web/JavaScript`\n\n\u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"#contents\"\u003eback to top\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n## Proprietary\n\n- 📖🍎 [Bear](https://bear.app/) - Beautiful, flexible writing app for notes and prose. Apple platforms only (Mac, iPhone, iPad). Sync via iCloud with Bear Pro.\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [Capacities](https://capacities.io/) - Object-based note-taking app for networked thinking. Available on macOS, Windows, Linux, web, iOS, and Android.\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [Craft](https://www.craft.do/) - Beautiful native document editor for Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android, and Windows with real-time collaboration.\n- 📕🍎🔁 [DEVONthink](https://www.devontechnologies.com/apps/devonthink) - macOS and iOS app for storing, organizing, and working on documents and notes.\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [Evernote](https://www.evernote.com) - An app designed for note-taking, organizing, task management, and archiving of different formats.\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [Google Keep](https://keep.google.com) - Google Keep is a note-taking service developed by Google. Available on the web and as a mobile app.\n- 📖 [HackMD](https://hackmd.io) - Helps developers write better documents and build active communities with open collaboration.\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [Heptabase](https://heptabase.com/) - Visual note-taking tool for learning complex topics, with whiteboard-based card organization.\n- 📕🍎🤖🔒🔁 [Inkdrop](https://www.inkdrop.info) - An app for organizing Markdown notes with E2EE sync. Available on macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android.\n- 📕🔁 [JournalCalls](https://journalcalls.com) - Voice journal and note-taking over a phone call. Exports to Markdown and Notion.\n- 📖 [MDLook](https://mdlook.com) ([GitHub](https://github.com/djosci/MDLook)) - Portable offline Markdown editor for Windows using WebView2, with live preview, dark mode, KaTeX math, and Mermaid diagrams.\n- 📕🍎🔁 [Mem](https://get.mem.ai/) - AI-powered self-organizing workspace for notes and knowledge. Available on web and iOS.\n- 📕🍎🔁 [MindMirror](https://mindmirror.app) - Note app for busy minds with AI search and smart organization. iOS available, Android coming soon.\n- 📕🔁 [MindWork](https://mindwork.it.com/) - A Cursor-like AI workspace for deep and focused personal knowledge management.\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [Notebook](https://www.zoho.com/notebook) - Mobile, web, and desktop app to take multiple forms of notes, from Zoho.\n- 📖🍎🔁 [NotePlan](https://noteplan.co) - Combines tasks, notes, and calendar all in one place. Available on Mac and iOS.\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [Notion](https://notion.so) - All-in-one workspace for notes, docs, wikis, projects, and collaboration.\n- 📖🍎🔒🔁 [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) - Free for personal use app that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files. Optional E2EE sync via Obsidian Sync.\n- 📖 [Octarine](https://octarine.app/) - A fast, lightweight tool for writing, planning, and organizing in Markdown that stays yours.\n- ⚠️ [OktoNote](https://oktonote.app) - An AI-first note-taking app that auto-organizes notes into searchable cards. Website unreachable; status unclear.\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [OneNote](https://www.onenote.com) - Microsoft OneNote is a program for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration.\n- ⚠️ [Polar](https://getpolarized.io/) - An integrated reading environment to build your knowledge base. Website unreachable; appears abandoned.\n- 📕🍎🔒🔁 [Reflect](https://reflect.app/) - Fast, AI-powered note-taking app with end-to-end encryption. Available on Mac, Windows, web, and iOS.\n- 📖🔁 [Roam](https://roamresearch.com/) - A note-taking tool for networked thought.\n- 📖 [Save](https://www.savemarkdown.co) - Chrome extension and macOS menu bar app that saves any webpage as clean Markdown to a local vault, with a built-in MCP server exposing the vault to Claude.\n- 📖🍎🤖🔁 [Simplenote](http://simplenote.com) - Available for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux, and the web. Supports Markdown.\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [Somnote](http://somcloud.com/about/somnote) - Record and save important information, ideas, and moments. Available for multiple platforms.\n- 🤖 [Squid](http://squidnotes.com) - Android app to take digital handwritten notes for class, work, or fun. Markup PDFs and sign documents.\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [Supernotes](https://supernotes.app) - A multi-platform notes app built around markdown notecards and card nesting with real-time collaborative features.\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [Tana](https://tana.inc/) - Supertag-based knowledge tool with powerful structuring and AI-meeting features.\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [Taskade](https://www.taskade.com) - A tree-structured note-taking and productivity app with real-time collaboration, AI agents, and multiple views. Available on web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, and browser extensions.\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [TheBrain](https://www.thebrain.com/) - Mind mapping and personal knowledge base software application.\n- 📖🍎🔁 [Ulysses](https://ulysses.app/) - Premium writing app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone with Markdown support. Apple platforms only.\n- 📕🍎🤖🔁 [Workflowy](https://workflowy.com) - Web-based organizational tool to create todo lists, notes, team projects, and more.\n- ⚠️ [Wridea](http://wridea.com) - Web service to organize and improve ideas and notes by sharing with friends. Website appears dead.\n- 📕🔁 [CallBro](https://callbro.ai/) - AI note taker, focus on meetings and online lectures without bots. Available on Mac. \n\n\u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"#contents\"\u003eback to top\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n## Quick Comparison\n\nA side-by-side overview of the most popular tools to help you choose:\n\n| Tool | Type | Storage | Sync | E2EE | Platforms | Plugins | Price |\n|------|------|---------|------|------|-----------|---------|-------|\n| [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) | PKM | Markdown | paid add-on | optional | Win/Mac/Linux/iOS/Android | 1800+ | Freemium |\n| [Joplin](https://joplinapp.org/) | Notes | Markdown | yes | yes | Win/Mac/Linux/iOS/Android/CLI | yes | Free |\n| [Logseq](https://github.com/logseq/logseq) | PKM/Outliner | Markdown | yes | — | Win/Mac/Linux/iOS/Android | yes | Free |\n| [SiYuan](https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan) | PKM | Database | yes | — | Win/Mac/Linux/iOS/Android/Web | yes | Freemium |\n| [AFFiNE](https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE) | Workspace | Database | yes | — | Win/Mac/Linux/Web | yes | Freemium |\n| [AppFlowy](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy) | Workspace | Database | yes | — | Win/Mac/Linux/iOS/Android | yes | Free |\n| [Standard Notes](https://github.com/standardnotes/app) | Notes | Encrypted | yes | yes | Win/Mac/Linux/iOS/Android/Web | yes | Freemium |\n| [AnyType](https://anytype.io/) | PKM | Database | yes | yes | Win/Mac/Linux/iOS/Android | — | Free |\n| [Notesnook](https://github.com/streetwriters/notesnook) | Notes | Encrypted | yes | yes | Win/Mac/Linux/iOS/Android/Web | — | Freemium |\n| [TiddlyWiki](https://tiddlywiki.com/) | Wiki | HTML/JSON | 3rd-party | — | Web/Node.js | yes | Free |\n| [Org-mode](https://orgmode.org/) | PKM | Org files | 3rd-party | — | Emacs | yes | Free |\n| [Notion](https://notion.so/) | Workspace | Cloud | yes | — | Win/Mac/iOS/Android/Web | yes | Freemium |\n| [Evernote](https://evernote.com/) | Notes | Cloud | yes | — | Win/Mac/iOS/Android/Web | limited | Freemium |\n| [Google Keep](https://keep.google.com/) | Quick Notes | Cloud | yes | — | iOS/Android/Web | — | Free |\n| [OneNote](https://onenote.com/) | Notes | Cloud | yes | — | Win/Mac/iOS/Android/Web | limited | Free |\n\n\u003e This table covers the most-searched tools. See the full list above for 100+ options.\n\n## Contributing\n\nContributions are very welcome! Please, read the [contribution guidelines](contributing.md) first.\n","projects_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/lists/tehtbl%2Fawesome-note-taking/projects"}