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OpenNote

An open web-based alternative to Microsoft OneNote and Evernote.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to OpenNote

Joplin Standard Notes Simplenote Notable App Zim Wiki Turtl Boostnote QOwnNotes TagSpaces Cryptee

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to OpenNote 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

    #Note Taking #Notes #Todos 350 social mentions

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

    #Security & Privacy #Notes #Personal Notes 128 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

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

  4. The Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Notes #Note Taking #Todos 33 social mentions

  5. 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

  6. 6
    The secure, collaborative notebook
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $3.0 / Monthly

    #Task Management #Note Taking #Team Collaboration 27 social mentions

  7. Boostnote is an open-source note-taking​ app.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Todos #Notes 6 social mentions

  8. QOwnNotes is a free plain-text notepad with markdown support for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows, that works together with ownCloud Notes.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Notes #Todos

  9. TagSpaces is an open source platform for personal data management. With TagSpaces you can manage and organize the files on your laptop, tablet or smart phone.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #File Sharing #Todos

  10. 10
    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
    • €3.0 / Monthly (10GB)

    #Photos #Note Taking #Cloud Storage 79 social mentions

  11. 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

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

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

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