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QOwnNotes

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

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to QOwnNotes

Joplin Standard Notes Zim Wiki Simplenote Trilium Notes Notable App Turtl TagSpaces Org mode Cryptee

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to QOwnNotes are Joplin, Standard Notes, and Zim Wiki. 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. 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

  4. 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

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

    #Note Taking #Notes #Todos 113 social mentions

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

    #Notes #Note Taking #Todos 33 social mentions

  7. 7
    The secure, collaborative notebook
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $3.0 / Monthly

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

  8. 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 #Todos #File Sharing

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

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

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

    #Note Taking #Todos #Notes 6 social mentions

  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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