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GoodNotes

GoodNotes lets you take notes and annotate PDF documents.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to GoodNotes

Simplenote Joplin Skiff Zim Wiki TakeNote Super Productivity Trello Taskwarrior Notesnook wikidPad

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to GoodNotes are Simplenote, Joplin, and Skiff. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. The simplest way to keep notes. Light, clean, and free. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, and the web.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Task Management #Project Management 78 social mentions

  2. 2
    Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Free

    #Note Taking #Notes #Todos 350 social mentions

  3. 3
    Simple & secure privacy-first notes and collaboration
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Web App #Productivity #Writing Tools 47 social mentions

  4. Zim is a graphical text editor used to maintain a collection of wiki pages. Each page can contain links to other pages, simple formatting and images.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #WiKi #Note Taking #Task Management 115 social mentions

  5. A web-based note-taking app with GitHub sync and Markdown support.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Task Management #Text Editors

  6. The simple free flexible ToDo List / Time Tracker / personal Jira and Github Task Manager
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #File Management #Task Management #Project Management 25 social mentions

  7. 7
    Infinitely flexible. Incredibly easy to use. Great mobile apps. It's free. Trello keeps track of everything, from the big picture to the minute details.
    Pricing:
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $12.5 / Monthly (Per user - Business Class)

    #Project Management #Task Management #Productivity 231 social mentions

  8. Taskwarrior is an ambitious project bringing sophisticated capabilities to a simple and elegant...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Project Management #Task Management #Todos 53 social mentions

  9. Notesnook is a simple and private note taking app that keeps your notes organized and synced on your phone, tablet and computer.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $4.49 / Monthly (UI Themes & accents)

    #Notes #Personal Notes #Note Taking 84 social mentions

  10. wikidPad is an application for storing thoughts, ideas, todo lists, contacts, or anything else that user can think of to write down.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Todos #Task Management 17 social mentions

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    Logseq is a local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Free

    #Knowledge Management #Note Taking #Knowledge Base 280 social mentions

  12. Pinboard is a personal archive for things you find online and don't want to forget.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Bookmarks #Bookmark Manager #Favorites 67 social mentions

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