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Simplenote

The simplest way to keep notes. Light, clean, and free. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, and the web.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Simplenote

Joplin Zim Wiki Notion Turtl Boostnote wikidPad Org mode Logseq TakeNote Skiff

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Simplenote are Joplin, Zim Wiki, and Notion. 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. 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

  3. 3
    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

  4. 4
    The secure, collaborative notebook
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $3.0 / Monthly

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

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

    #Note Taking #Todos #Notes 6 social mentions

  6. 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

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

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

  8. 8
    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

  9. A web-based note-taking app with GitHub sync and Markdown support.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Task Management #Text Editors

  10. 10
    Simple & secure privacy-first notes and collaboration
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Web App #Productivity #Writing Tools 47 social mentions

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

    #Note Taking #Notes #Todos 113 social mentions

  12. Write, share & remix ideas from Jupyter Notebooks
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Productivity #Writing Tools #Education 18 social mentions

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