Software Alternatives, Accelerators & Startups

Obsidian

GraphQL caching tool for the Deno runtime environment.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Obsidian

Obsidian
Joplin Standard Notes Simplenote Zim Wiki Notabase.io Trilium Notes Anytype.io Cryptee nvALT Notesnook

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Obsidian are Joplin, Standard Notes, and Simplenote. 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. 1
    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

    #Notes #Note Taking #Todos 356 social mentions

  2. A safe place for your notes, thoughts, and life's work
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Notes #Private Journal #Personal Notes 130 social mentions

  3. The simplest way to keep notes. Light, clean, and free. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, and the web.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Project Management #Task Management #Note Taking 83 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

    #WiKis #Task Management #Note Taking 124 social mentions

  5. Notabase is a powerful and easy-to-use note-taking app for networked thinking. Connect your ideas together and write more effortlessly.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial

    #Notes #Note Taking #Personal Notes 8 social mentions

  6. Trilium Notes is a hierarchical note taking application.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Notes #Note Taking #Knowledge Base 116 social mentions

  7. Anytype is a next generation software that breaks down barriers between applications, gives back privacy and data ownership to users.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Task Management #Bookmarks #Personal Productivity 58 social mentions

  8. Cryptee is a safety and privacy focused, encrypted and cross-platform personal data storage service. You can write personal documents, notes, journals, store photos and all sorts of other files.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • โ‚ฌ3.0 / Monthly (10GB)

    #Text Editors #Cloud Storage #Photos 79 social mentions

  9. 9
    A fork of the original Notational Velocity with some additional features and interface modifications
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Notes #Note Taking #Todos 12 social mentions

  10. 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 #Note Taking #Personal Productivity 88 social mentions

  11. 11
    Leanote provides services for note and blog.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Todos #Journal

  12. 12
    Logseq is a local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Free

    #Knowledge Management #Notes #Note Taking 295 social mentions

Suggest an alternative
If you think we've missed something, please suggest an alternative to Obsidian.
Please use the Feedback button if you think any of the listed products shouldn't be regarded as open-source.

Obsidian discussion

Log in or Post with