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Awesome-desktop-notes

An awesome list of note taking applications on desktop.
https://github.com/arkydon/Awesome-desktop-notes

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[↑](#-contents) Free

  • Tidlywiki - Non-linear notebook for capturing, organising and sharing complex information. Single html file with all the characteristics of a wiki - including all of the functionality (including editing, saving, tagging and searching) and the style sheet.
  • Mediawiki - Collaboration and documentation platform. Used by tens of thousands of websites and thousands of companies and organizations. It powers Wikipedia and also the website.
  • Mempad - Plain text outliner and note taking program with a structured index. All pages are stored in a single file. windows
  • Tomboy-ng - desktop note-taking application for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.
  • Obsidian - Free for personal use app, that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
  • Notable - Markdown editor based, Tag organized, plus you can write KaTeX expressions, Mermaid diagrams
  • Joplin - Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. Supports import from Evernote.
  • Zettlr - Markdown Editor for the 21st century.
  • Tagspaces Lite - Privacy aware, open source, cross-platform file browser.
  • Foam - Personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub.
  • Calculist - the open source thinking tool for problem solvers.
  • Resoph Notes
  • Zim - Zim is a graphical text editor used to maintain a collection of wiki pages.
  • CodiMD - Realtime collaborative markdown notes.
  • Foonote - Lightweight, portable, Git syncing tree-structured note-taking companion.
  • QOwnNotes - Plain-text file and todo-list manager with markdown support and Nextcloud / ownCloud integration.
  • Dendron - Local-first, markdown based, hierarchical built on top of VSCode and friends.
  • Logseq - knowledge management and collaboration. It focuses on privacy, longevity, and user control. Plain text files and we currently support both Markdown and Emacs Org mode (more to be added soon).
  • Athens - knowledge graph for research and notetaking. Athens is open-source, private, extensible, and community-driven. (No longer maintained)
  • Trilium notes - Powerfull app focused on building personal knowledge base. WYSIWYG.
  • nb - CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + more, in a single portable script.
  • Laverna - JavaScript note-taking web application with Markdown and encryption support. Open source alternative to Evernote.
  • OneNote - Microsoft OneNote is a program for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration.
  • Zoho Notebook - Mobile/Web/Desktop app to take multiple forms of notes.
  • Tangent Notes - Open source, local-first, with live markdown, sliding panes, two way links and more. Designed to let you write the way you think.
  • Perpetual Notes - Save notes in RTF with rich text formatting and images, meeting notes, web pages, projects, travel plan, research drafts.
  • Goodnotes - Write, type, and collaborate — all in one intelligent place
  • wridea - web service to organize and improve ideas and notes by sharing with friends and necessary tools.
  • Cherrytree - A hierarchical note-taking app, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting.
  • qnote - Minimal frameless desktop notepad for Linux with Markdown support, PDF export via Typst, OCR, and automatic version history. Built with Tauri 2. Available on AUR.
  • DokuWiki - Open Source wiki software that doesn't require a database.
  • Noteledge - NoteLedge is a digital notebook for designers and content creators to capture inspiration, make mood boards, and accelerate your creative process
  • PinSlip - Capture now, organize later. Local-first sticky note desktop app with Markdown support, Git sync, and built-in MCP server.
  • Snoq - Native, offline, AES-256 encrypted note-taking app for Windows.

[↑](#-contents) Freemium

  • Turtl - Whether it's bookmarks or passwords, files or shopping lists.Turtl organizes it all and makes it easy to find later. Sync across your devices. Leave nothing behind.
  • Workflowy - WorkFlowy is a single list that can contain infinite lists inside it. It’s a more powerful, easier way to organize all the information in your life.
  • DEVONthink - Mac or iPhone app with lots of features that can handle many files.
  • Roam - A note-taking tool for networked thought.
  • Nuclino - Nuclino brings all your team's knowledge, docs, and projects together in one place.
  • Cinta Notes - Full text search, Notebooks
  • Siyuan - Privacy-first personal knowledge management system, offline support, end-to-end encrypted data sync, cross-platform. Fuse blocks, outlines, and bidirectional links to refactor your thinking.
  • HackMD - HackMD helps developers write better documents and build active communities with open collaboration.
  • Margin - Local-first Markdown notes for macOS. Plain .md files in a folder you choose, separate spaces for work and personal, and AI actions that only run when you invoke them. In development; waitlist open.