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# Awesome Note-Taking [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)



> A curated list of awesome note-taking software.



## Legend



📖 notes are stored in plain text format (e.g. Markdown, org-mode, dokuwiki)



📕 notes are stored in a database or otherwise need an export for external use



🤖 Android support or app. Alternatively, see [termux](https://termux.dev/) for CLI (including emacs and vim plugins) on Android devices.



👍 Recommended. In active use for many years by a pull-request author.



🔁 provides multi-device sync. Alternatively, see [syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) or any cloud provider



## Contents



- [Open Source](#open-source)

  - [Native GUI](#native-gui)

  - [CLI](#cli)

  - [Editor Plugin](#editor-plugin)

  - [Electron](#electron)

  - [Tauri](#tauri)

  - [Web UI](#web-ui)

- [Proprietary](#proprietary)



## Open Source



### Native GUI

* 📕 [AppFlowy](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy) - The Open Source Alternative To Notion.Supports macOS, Windows & Linux (rust+flutter).

* 📖 [QOwnNotes](https://www.qownnotes.org/) - Open source plain-text file markdown note-taking native-application with Nextcloud / ownCloud integration.

* 📕 [Cherrytree](http://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree) - A hierarchical note-taking app, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting.

* 📕 [treesheets](https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets) -  Free Form Data Organizer using hierarchical spreadsheet. Open source native desktop application.

* 📖 [Zim Deskop Wiki](https://zim-wiki.org/) - Open source multi-platform native desktop GUI to manage a collection of local wiki pages.

* 📕 [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.

* 🤖🔁  [Tomboy](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Tomboy) - GNOME desktop note-taking application for Linux, Windows, and macOS.

* 📕 [CrossLine](https://github.com/rochus-keller/CrossLine) - An outliner with sophisticated cross-link capabilities in the tradition of the well-respected Ecco Pro.

* 📖 [nvpy](https://github.com/cpbotha/nvpy) - Open source cross-platform Simplenote syncing Notational Velocity and ResophNotes inspired note-taker.

* 📖 [Red Notebook](https://rednotebook.app/) - Open source native desktop journal using plain-text files.

* 📖🤖 [GitJournal](https://github.com/GitJournal/GitJournal) - Open source markdown notes editor with integrated syncing with Git. Supports iOS, Android, Linux and MacOS (flutter).

* [Fluster](https://fluster-one.vercel.app) - All in one note taking solution for modern students and academics. Powered by Rust with integrated AI.



### CLI



- 📖 [todo-txt](https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt-cli) - A simple and extensible shell script for managing your todo.txt file.

- 📖 [zk](https://github.com/mickael-menu/zk) - A command-line tool helping you to maintain a plain text Zettelkasten or personal wiki.

- [Note CLI](https://github.com/yuis-ice/note-cli) - Converts a markdown file to a SQLite database and provides a regular-expression searching capability.

- [nb](https://github.com/xwmx/nb) - A command line and local web note‑taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base application



### TUI



* 📖 [FuzPad](https://github.com/JianZcar/FuzPad) - A minimalistic note management solution. Powered by fzf.

* 📖 [Toney](https://github.com/SourcewareLab/Toney) - Toney is a fast, lightweight, terminal-based note-taking app for the modern developer.



### Editor Plugin



- Visual Studio Code - Microsoft text editor

  - [Foam](https://foambubble.github.io/) - VSCode plugin inspired by Roam Research.

  - [Dendron](https://github.com/dendronhq/dendron) - VSCode plugin that uses hierarchical note structure.

  - [Emanate](https://github.com/srid/emanote) - A structured view of your plain-text notes. Succesor to neuron.

- 🤖 [Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) - An open source, cross-platform, extensible, and customizable text editor.

  - 📖 [Org-mode](https://orgmode.org/) plain-text markup and major mode for keeping notes, authoring documents, computational notebooks, literate programming, …

  - 📖 [Org-roam](https://www.orgroam.com/) - plain-text personal knowledge management system inspired by roam research.

  - 📖 [Org-brain](https://github.com/Kungsgeten/org-brain) - Concept mapping in Emacs using org-mode.

  - 📖 [Deft](https://github.com/jrblevin/deft) - an Emacs mode for quickly browsing, filtering, and editing directories of plain text notes, inspired by Notational Velocity.

  - 📖 [Hyperbole/Koutliner](https://www.gnu.org/software/hyperbole/) - multi-level autonumbered hypertextual outliner

  - 📖 [howm](https://kaorahi.github.io/howm/) - Note-taking tool on Emacs that can be combined with any format.

- 📖 [vim-wiki](https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki) - A personal wiki for Vim -- a number of linked text files that have their own syntax highlighting.



### Electron

* [Logseq](https://github.com/logseq/logseq) - Local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base.

* 📕🤖🔁 [SiYuan](https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan) - A privacy-first, self-hosted, fully open source personal knowledge management software.

* [TriliumNext Notes](https://github.com/TriliumNext/Notes) - A cross-platform personal knowledge base with advanced features. WYSIWYG.

* [Zettlr](https://www.zettlr.com/) - Markdown Editor for the 21st century.

* 🤖🔁  [Standard Notes](https://github.com/standardnotes/app) - A free, open-source, and completely encrypted notes app. macOS, Windows, & Linux app repository. Archived 

* [AnyType](https://anytype.io/) - Open source local-first electron and phone app for  tasks, notes, and more.

* [Bangle.io](https://bangle.io) - A free alternative to Notion that takes markdown notes saved right in your computer

* [Linked](https://github.com/lostdesign/linked) - Forget less by daily journaling, completely offline, secure and free. Supports macOS, Windows & Linux.

* [Calculist](https://calculist.io/) - The open source thinking tool for problem solvers.

* 📖🤖🔁 [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.

* 📕🔁 [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. 

* 📖 [Tangent Notes](https://www.tangentnotes.com/) - An open source, local-first markdown note taking application designed to let you write the way you think.



- [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))

- [Athens](https://github.com/athensresearch/athens) - Open-source and local-first alternative to Roam Research. _Important:_ Now abandoned by the author.



### Tauri



- 📕 [Treedome](https://codeberg.org/solver-orgz/treedome) - Open-source and local-first, encrypted, note taking application organized in tree-like structures.



### Web UI

* 📖🤖🔁 [Joplin](https://joplinapp.org/) - Open source note taking app that supports synchronization and has Windows, Linux, Android, Cli builds. Supports import from Evernote.

* 📕 [Laverna](https://laverna.cc) - Evernote like note-taking web application with a Markdown editor using indexedDB local storage.

* 📖 [CodiMD](https://github.com/hackmdio/codimd) - CodiMD is the free software version of HackMD with reduced features (without book mode).

* 📖 [Dokuwiki](https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki) - a simple to use and highly versatile Open Source wiki software that doesn't require a database.

* 📕 [Hypothes.is](https://hypothes.is/) - Annotate anything online.

* [NattyNote](https://github.com/ahmedelq/NattyNote) -  A free, open-source browser extension to take time-stamped YouTube notes.

* 📖 [Fossil](https://www2.fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki) source control software with built-in stand-alone wiki pages. 

* 📖 [SilverBullet](https://github.com/silverbulletmd/silverbullet) - Free, open-source self-hosted PWA for markdown notes.

* 📖 [TiddlyWiki](https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5) - A self-contained JavaScript wiki for the browser, Node.js, AWS Lambda etc. 

* 📕 [Solo](https://github.com/johnSamilin/solo) - Minimalistic private note-taking app with focus on typography

* 📖 [Ephe](https://github.com/unvalley/ephe) - A Markdown Paper for daily todo and thoughts. Privacy first, OSS, local-only.



- [Neuron](https://neuron.zettel.page/) - Future-proof open-source app for managing your plain-text notes in Zettelkasten style. Superceeded by Emanote.



## Proprietary



* 📖 [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) - Free for personal use app, that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.

* [Wridea](http://wridea.com) - Web service to organize and improve ideas and notes by sharing with friends and necessary tools.

* [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.

* [OneNote](https://www.onenote.com) - Microsoft OneNote is a program for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration.

* [Notebook](https://www.zoho.com/notebook) - Mobile/Web/Desktop app to take multiple forms of notes from Zoho.

* [Simplenote](http://simplenote.com) - Available for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux, and the web and supports Markdown.

* [Somnote](http://somcloud.com/about/somnote) - Record and save important information, ideas, and moments. Available for multiple platforms.

* [Squid](http://squidnotes.com) - Android app to take digital handwritten notes for class, work, or fun! Markup PDFs and sign documents.

* [HackMD](https://hackmd.io) - HackMD helps developers write better documents and build active communities with open collaboration.

* [Evernote](https://www.evernote.com) - An (online) app designed for note-taking, organizing, task management, and archiving of different formats.

* [Inkdrop](https://www.inkdrop.info) - An (online) app for organizing Markdown notes.

* [Workflowy](https://workflowy.com) - WorkFlowy is a web-based organizational tool to create todo lists, notes, team projects and others.

* [DEVONthink](https://www.devontechnologies.com/apps/devonthink) - macOS or iPhone app with lots of features that can handle many files.

* [Roam](https://roamresearch.com/) - A note-taking tool for networked thought.

* [TheBrain](https://www.thebrain.com/) - Mind mapping and personal knowledge base software application.

* [Polar](https://getpolarized.io/) - An integrated reading environment to build your knowledge base.

* 📖📕🤖🔁 [Supernotes](https://supernotes.app) – A multi-platform notes app built around markdown notecards and card nesting with real-time collaborative features.

* [NotePlan](https://noteplan.co) - NotePlan combines tasks, notes, and calendar - all in one place. It is available on Web, MacOS and iOS.

* 📕🤖🔁 [JournalCalls](https://journalcalls.com) - Voice journal/note taking over a phone call, exports to markdown and Notion

* 📕🤖🔁 [Taskade](https://www.taskade.com) – A tree-structured note-taking and productivity app for individuals and teams. Features real-time collaboration, AI agents, automation, and multiple views (List, Board, Calendar, Mind Map, Table, etc.). Available on Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, and browser extensions.



## Contributing



Contributions are very welcome! Please, read the [contribution guidelines](contributing.md) first.