Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Zettlr

Product categories

Content Collaboration Knowledge Base Knowledge Management Markdown Editor Note Taking Notes Personal Notes Task Management Text Editors Todos Writing Writing Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Zettlr are Joplin, Logseq, and Typora. 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.

Joplin Landing Page
1

Joplin

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
Logseq Landing Page
2

Logseq

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
Typora Landing Page
3

Typora

A minimal Markdown reading & writing app.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Markdown Viewer 84 social mentions
Notion Landing Page
4

Notion

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
Boostnote Landing Page
5

Boostnote

Boostnote is an open-source note-taking app.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Todos #Notes 6 social mentions
Trilium Notes Landing Page
6

Trilium Notes

Trilium Notes is a hierarchical note taking application.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Notes #Todos 113 social mentions
iA Writer Landing Page
7

iA Writer

Minimal Design, Maximum Focus
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $29.99 / One-off
#Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Writing 6 social mentions
TiddlyWiki Landing Page
8

TiddlyWiki

a non-linear personal web notebook
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Knowledge Base #Personal Knowledge Base 180 social mentions
Haroopad Landing Page
9

Haroopad

Haroopad is a markdown enabled document processor for creating web-friendly documents.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Graphic Design Software
Manuskript Landing Page
10

Manuskript

Open-source tool for writers.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Writing Tools #Markdown Editor #Text Editors 1 social mentions
Org mode Landing Page
11

Org mode

Org: an Emacs Mode for Notes, Planning, and Authoring
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Task Management #Project Management #Note Taking 174 social mentions
Zim Wiki Landing Page
12

Zim Wiki

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