Top 8 Open-Source Alternatives to Zettel Notes

Product categories

Bookmarks Journal Knowledge Base Knowledge Management Markdown Editor Note Taking Notes Office & Productivity Personal Notes Personal Productivity Task Management Todos

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Zettel Notes are Anytype.io, Zettlr, and Dendron. 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.

Anytype.io Landing Page
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Anytype.io

Anytype is a next generation software that breaks down barriers between applications, gives back privacy and data ownership to users.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Task Management #Personal Notes #Bookmarks 53 social mentions
Zettlr Landing Page
2

Zettlr

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
Dendron Landing Page
3

Dendron

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
wikidPad Landing Page
4

wikidPad

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
Notesnook Landing Page
5

Notesnook

Notesnook is a simple and private note taking app that keeps your notes organized and synced on your phone, tablet and computer.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $4.49 / Monthly (UI Themes & accents)
#Notes #Personal Notes #Note Taking 84 social mentions
AppFlowy Landing Page
6

AppFlowy

AppFlowy is an open source alternative to Notion. You are in charge of your data and customizations.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Project Management #Task Management #Note Taking 9 social mentions
NotePlan Landing Page
7

NotePlan

Make plans inside an individual markdown note for every day in your calendar. Use it as a journal for your daily tasks and plan todos in advance. For Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Productivity #Todos 29 social mentions
GitJournal Landing Page
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GitJournal

Manage your Notes from any Git Repo.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Personal Notes #Notes 23 social mentions