Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Notebooks

Product categories

Bookmark Manager Bookmarks Favorites Knowledge Base Knowledge Management Note Taking Notes Personal Notes Productivity Project Management Task Management Todos

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Notebooks are Boostnote, Joplin, and Org mode. 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.

Boostnote Landing Page
1

Boostnote

Boostnote is an open-source note-taking app.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Todos #Notes 6 social mentions
Joplin Landing Page
2

Joplin

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
Org mode Landing Page
3

Org mode

Org: an Emacs Mode for Notes, Planning, and Authoring
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Task Management #Project Management #Note Taking 174 social mentions
Standard Notes Landing Page
4

Standard Notes

A safe place for your notes, thoughts, and life's work
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Notes #Personal Notes 128 social mentions
Pinboard Landing Page
5

Pinboard

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
Logseq Landing Page
6

Logseq

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
Turtl Landing Page
7

Turtl

The secure, collaborative notebook
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $3.0 / Monthly
#Task Management #Note Taking #Team Collaboration 27 social mentions
Simplenote Landing Page
8

Simplenote

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
Trello Landing Page
9

Trello

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
nvALT Landing Page
10

nvALT

A fork of the original Notational Velocity with some additional features and interface modifications
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Todos #Personal Notes 10 social mentions
Wekan Landing Page
11

Wekan

The open-source Trello-like kanban (built with Meteor)
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Project Management #Task Management #Todos 28 social mentions
Trilium Notes Landing Page
12

Trilium Notes

Trilium Notes is a hierarchical note taking application.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Notes #Todos 113 social mentions