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Paper

Super-clean writing space with a lot of configurability that stays out of sight when you don’t need it.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Paper

Standard Notes TiddlyWiki Kanka.io Boostnote Notebook.ai Notabase.io FSNotes Turtl Clipy Dendron

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Paper are Standard Notes, TiddlyWiki, and Kanka.io. 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. A safe place for your notes, thoughts, and life's work
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

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

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

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

  3. Kanka.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Writing #Productivity 10 social mentions

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

    #Note Taking #Todos #Notes 6 social mentions

  5. A smart notebook that grows and collaborates with you
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Writing #Writing Tools 8 social mentions

  6. 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 Knowledge Base 8 social mentions

  7. File system notes manager
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Knowledge Management #Notes 22 social mentions

  8. 8
    The secure, collaborative notebook
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $3.0 / Monthly

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

  9. 9
    Clipy is a clipboard extension for macOS.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Clipboard Manager #Bookmarks #Note Taking 10 social mentions

  10. 10
    Dendron is an open-source, local-first, markdown-based, note-taking tool built on top of VSCode. It supports all the usual features you would expect like tagging, backlinks, a graph view, split panes, and so forth.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • $5.0 / Monthly (Custom domain name for publishing.)

    #Note Taking #Knowledge Management #Office & Productivity 21 social mentions

  11. Lite weight in browser notes, snippet manager & code editor
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Todos #Task Management

  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 #Note Taking #Knowledge Base 280 social mentions

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