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SiYuan

SiYuan is a desktop Markdown Block-Reference and Bidirectional-Link note-taking application. Support fine-grained block-level reference and Markdown WYSIWYG.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to SiYuan

SiYuan
Zettlr Joplin Notion Typora Hive MindForger Beaver Notes Logseq Notable App Zim Wiki

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to SiYuan are Zettlr, Joplin, 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
    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

  2. 2
    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 #Personal Notes 350 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 439 social mentions

  4. 4
    A minimal Markdown reading & writing app.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

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

  5. 5
    Seamless project management and collaboration for your team.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • $12.0 / Monthly (Per user)

    #Productivity #Project Management #Task Management 9 social mentions

  6. Thinking notebook and Markdown IDE web site home page
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Task Management #Todos

  7. Your personal note-taking haven for privacy and efficiency.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Task Management #Notes

  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 281 social mentions

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

    #Notes #Note Taking #Todos 33 social mentions

  10. 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 116 social mentions

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

    #Note Taking #Notes #Personal Notes 113 social mentions

  12. Full-featured, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown, the Markdown library used by Stack Overflow and the other Stack Exchange sites.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Markdown Viewer 49 social mentions

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