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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Obsidian.md

Joplin Notion Logseq Standard Notes TiddlyWiki Trilium Notes Zim Wiki Typora Zettlr Simplenote

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Obsidian.md are Joplin, Notion, and Logseq. 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

    #Note Taking #Notes #Todos 350 social mentions

  2. 2
    All-in-one workspace. One tool for your whole team. Write, plan, and get organized.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Productivity #Work Collaboration #Note Taking 438 social mentions

  3. 3
    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

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

    #Security & Privacy #Notes #Personal Notes 128 social mentions

  5. a non-linear personal web notebook
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Knowledge Base #Personal Knowledge Base 180 social mentions

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

    #Note Taking #Notes #Todos 113 social mentions

  7. 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

  8. 8
    A minimal Markdown reading & writing app.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Markdown Viewer 84 social mentions

  9. 9
    Write Markdown documents with a comprehensive GUI and many workflow/time management tools.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Markdown Editor #Knowledge Management 10 social mentions

  10. 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

  11. Org: an Emacs Mode for Notes, Planning, and Authoring
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Task Management #Project Management #Note Taking 174 social mentions

  12. 12
    Personal knowledge management and sharing on VSCode & GitHub
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Knowledge Base #Knowledge Management 45 social mentions

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