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In active use for many years by a pull-request author.\n\n🔁 provides multi-device sync. Alternatively, see [syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) or any cloud provider\n\n## Contents\n\n- [Open Source](#open-source)\n  - [Native GUI](#native-gui)\n  - [CLI](#cli)\n  - [Editor Plugin](#editor-plugin)\n  - [Electron](#electron)\n  - [Tauri](#tauri)\n  - [Web UI](#web-ui)\n- [Proprietary](#proprietary)\n\n## Open Source\n\n### Native GUI\n* 📕 [AppFlowy](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy) - The Open Source Alternative To Notion.Supports macOS, Windows \u0026 Linux (rust+flutter).\n* 📖 [QOwnNotes](https://www.qownnotes.org/) - Open source plain-text file markdown note-taking native-application with Nextcloud / ownCloud integration.\n* 📕 [Cherrytree](http://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree) - A hierarchical note-taking app, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting.\n* 📕 [treesheets](https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets) -  Free Form Data Organizer using hierarchical spreadsheet. Open source native desktop application.\n* 📖 [Zim Deskop Wiki](https://zim-wiki.org/) - Open source multi-platform native desktop GUI to manage a collection of local wiki pages.\n* 📕 [Leo](https://leo-editor.github.io/) - PIM, IDE and outliner that accelerates the work flow of programmers, authors and web designers. Open source native desktop app.\n* 🤖🔁  [Tomboy](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Tomboy) - GNOME desktop note-taking application for Linux, Windows, and macOS.\n* 📕 [CrossLine](https://github.com/rochus-keller/CrossLine) - An outliner with sophisticated cross-link capabilities in the tradition of the well-respected Ecco Pro.\n* 📖 [nvpy](https://github.com/cpbotha/nvpy) - Open source cross-platform Simplenote syncing Notational Velocity and ResophNotes inspired note-taker.\n* 📖 [Red Notebook](https://rednotebook.app/) - Open source native desktop journal using plain-text files.\n* 📖🤖 [GitJournal](https://github.com/GitJournal/GitJournal) - Open source markdown notes editor with integrated syncing with Git. Supports iOS, Android, Linux and MacOS (flutter).\n* [Fluster](https://fluster-one.vercel.app) - All in one note taking solution for modern students and academics. Powered by Rust with integrated AI.\n\n### CLI\n\n- 📖 [todo-txt](https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt-cli) - A simple and extensible shell script for managing your todo.txt file.\n- 📖 [zk](https://github.com/mickael-menu/zk) - A command-line tool helping you to maintain a plain text Zettelkasten or personal wiki.\n- [Note CLI](https://github.com/yuis-ice/note-cli) - Converts a markdown file to a SQLite database and provides a regular-expression searching capability.\n- [nb](https://github.com/xwmx/nb) - A command line and local web note‑taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base application\n\n### TUI\n\n* 📖 [FuzPad](https://github.com/JianZcar/FuzPad) - A minimalistic note management solution. Powered by fzf.\n* 📖 [Toney](https://github.com/SourcewareLab/Toney) - Toney is a fast, lightweight, terminal-based note-taking app for the modern developer.\n\n### Editor Plugin\n\n- Visual Studio Code - Microsoft text editor\n  - [Foam](https://foambubble.github.io/) - VSCode plugin inspired by Roam Research.\n  - [Dendron](https://github.com/dendronhq/dendron) - VSCode plugin that uses hierarchical note structure.\n  - [Emanate](https://github.com/srid/emanote) - A structured view of your plain-text notes. Succesor to neuron.\n- 🤖 [Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) - An open source, cross-platform, extensible, and customizable text editor.\n  - 📖 [Org-mode](https://orgmode.org/) plain-text markup and major mode for keeping notes, authoring documents, computational notebooks, literate programming, …\n  - 📖 [Org-roam](https://www.orgroam.com/) - plain-text personal knowledge management system inspired by roam research.\n  - 📖 [Org-brain](https://github.com/Kungsgeten/org-brain) - Concept mapping in Emacs using org-mode.\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.\n  - 📖 [Hyperbole/Koutliner](https://www.gnu.org/software/hyperbole/) - multi-level autonumbered hypertextual outliner\n  - 📖 [howm](https://kaorahi.github.io/howm/) - Note-taking tool on Emacs that can be combined with any format.\n- 📖 [vim-wiki](https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki) - A personal wiki for Vim -- a number of linked text files that have their own syntax highlighting.\n\n### Electron\n* [Logseq](https://github.com/logseq/logseq) - Local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base.\n* 📕🤖🔁 [SiYuan](https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan) - A privacy-first, self-hosted, fully open source personal knowledge management software.\n* [TriliumNext Notes](https://github.com/TriliumNext/Notes) - A cross-platform personal knowledge base with advanced features. WYSIWYG.\n* [Zettlr](https://www.zettlr.com/) - Markdown Editor for the 21st century.\n* 🤖🔁  [Standard Notes](https://github.com/standardnotes/app) - A free, open-source, and completely encrypted notes app. macOS, Windows, \u0026 Linux app repository. Archived \n* [AnyType](https://anytype.io/) - Open source local-first electron and phone app for  tasks, notes, and more.\n* [Bangle.io](https://bangle.io) - A free alternative to Notion that takes markdown notes saved right in your computer\n* [Linked](https://github.com/lostdesign/linked) - Forget less by daily journaling, completely offline, secure and free. Supports macOS, Windows \u0026 Linux.\n* [Calculist](https://calculist.io/) - The open source thinking tool for problem solvers.\n* 📖🤖🔁 [TidGi](https://github.com/tiddly-gittly/TidGi-Desktop) - Customizable personal knowledge-base with git as backup manager and blogging platform. A TiddlyWiki app based on TiddlyWiki platfrom.\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. \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.\n\n- [Notable](https://notable.app/) - Free app for simple note taking based on VS Code Editor. _Important:_ Notable is no longer Open Source as of Sep 28, 2019 (v1.8.4 / [7403a47](https://github.com/notable/notable/commit/7403a47f7602860d227268dda08e3b6f504fd30c))\n- [Athens](https://github.com/athensresearch/athens) - Open-source and local-first alternative to Roam Research. _Important:_ Now abandoned by the author.\n\n### Tauri\n\n- 📕 [Treedome](https://codeberg.org/solver-orgz/treedome) - Open-source and local-first, encrypted, note taking application organized in tree-like structures.\n\n### Web UI\n* 📖🤖🔁 [Joplin](https://joplinapp.org/) - Open source note taking app that supports synchronization and has Windows, Linux, Android, Cli builds. Supports import from Evernote.\n* 📕 [Laverna](https://laverna.cc) - Evernote like note-taking web application with a Markdown editor using indexedDB local storage.\n* 📖 [CodiMD](https://github.com/hackmdio/codimd) - CodiMD is the free software version of HackMD with reduced features (without book mode).\n* 📖 [Dokuwiki](https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki) - a simple to use and highly versatile Open Source wiki software that doesn't require a database.\n* 📕 [Hypothes.is](https://hypothes.is/) - Annotate anything online.\n* [NattyNote](https://github.com/ahmedelq/NattyNote) -  A free, open-source browser extension to take time-stamped YouTube notes.\n* 📖 [Fossil](https://www2.fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki) source control software with built-in stand-alone wiki pages. \n* 📖 [SilverBullet](https://github.com/silverbulletmd/silverbullet) - Free, open-source self-hosted PWA for markdown notes.\n* 📖 [TiddlyWiki](https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5) - A self-contained JavaScript wiki for the browser, Node.js, AWS Lambda etc. \n* 📕 [Solo](https://github.com/johnSamilin/solo) - Minimalistic private note-taking app with focus on typography\n* 📖 [Ephe](https://github.com/unvalley/ephe) - A Markdown Paper for daily todo and thoughts. Privacy first, OSS, local-only.\n\n- [Neuron](https://neuron.zettel.page/) - Future-proof open-source app for managing your plain-text notes in Zettelkasten style. Superceeded by Emanote.\n\n## Proprietary\n\n* 📖 [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) - Free for personal use app, that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.\n* [Wridea](http://wridea.com) - Web service to organize and improve ideas and notes by sharing with friends and necessary tools.\n* [Google Keep](https://keep.google.com) - Google Keep is a note-taking service developed by Google. It is available on the web and as mobile app.\n* [OneNote](https://www.onenote.com) - Microsoft OneNote is a program for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration.\n* [Notebook](https://www.zoho.com/notebook) - Mobile/Web/Desktop app to take multiple forms of notes from Zoho.\n* [Simplenote](http://simplenote.com) - Available for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux, and the web and 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* [HackMD](https://hackmd.io) - HackMD helps developers write better documents and build active communities with open collaboration.\n* [Evernote](https://www.evernote.com) - An (online) app designed for note-taking, organizing, task management, and archiving of different formats.\n* [Inkdrop](https://www.inkdrop.info) - An (online) app for organizing Markdown notes.\n* [Workflowy](https://workflowy.com) - WorkFlowy is a web-based organizational tool to create todo lists, notes, team projects and others.\n* [DEVONthink](https://www.devontechnologies.com/apps/devonthink) - macOS or iPhone app with lots of features that can handle many files.\n* [Roam](https://roamresearch.com/) - A note-taking tool for networked thought.\n* [TheBrain](https://www.thebrain.com/) - Mind mapping and personal knowledge base software application.\n* [Polar](https://getpolarized.io/) - An integrated reading environment to build your knowledge base.\n* 📖📕🤖🔁 [Supernotes](https://supernotes.app) – A multi-platform notes app built around markdown notecards and card nesting with real-time collaborative features.\n* [NotePlan](https://noteplan.co) - NotePlan combines tasks, notes, and calendar - all in one place. 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