Open source note-taking projects
Every project in the registry tagged note-taking, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
AI workspace for docs, projects, and wikis you control
Self-hosted timeline for quick notes, logs, and snippets
Encrypted note-taking that syncs across all your devices
Privacy-first knowledge management with block-level linking
Privacy-first knowledge base that connects your notes
AI-powered research notebook with full privacy control
Zero-knowledge encrypted notes that sync across all devices
A pleasant note-taking platform in native C++.
CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + mo
Fast Markdown note-taking app for Mac and iPhone
Infinite canvas drawing/whiteboarding app for Windows, Linux and macOS. Made with Godot.
Secure, encrypted notes for your digital life
An open source personal productivity platform built on Markdown, turbo charged with the scripting power of Lua
QOwnNotes is a plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with Markdown support and Nextcloud / ownCloud integration.
TagSpaces is an offline, open source, document manager with tagging support
Application for Mind Mapping, Knowledge Management, Project Management. Develop, organize and communicate your ideas and knowledge in the most effective way.
Fast and beautiful note-taking app written in C++. Write down your thoughts.
Mobile first Note Taking integrated with Git
Your web application for managing personal data.
📚 The open-source, offline-first Notion, Obsidian & Confluence alternative. Advanced Markdown, multi-tenant teams, OIDC/SSO, and local S3 backups. Deploy in on
Write Markdown with code assist and intelligence in the comfort of your favourite editor.
A self-hosted, database-less note taking web app that utilises a flat folder of markdown files for storage.
Hierarchical spreadsheet: a free-form data organizer that replaces outliners, mind maps and spreadsheets.
A simple command line notebook
Open-source, AI-native knowledge base & Evernote alternative with native MCP. Zero-cost on Cloudflare or Docker.
Your Self-Hosted Knowledge Base
A plain text note-taking assistant
🎨 Powerful, minimalistic, cross-platform, opensource note-taking app
TidGi is an privacy-in-mind, automated, auto-git-backup, freely-deployed knowledge management Desktop note app, based on Tiddlywiki, with REST API for web-clipp
Open-source Reflect rewrite: A local-first AI agent-friendly Markdown note-taking app
Open source Medium alternative- set up your personal blog in minutes.
An app to help you capture thoughts and ideas
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Powerful note-taking without the hassle.
An app to help you capture thoughts and ideas
Lightweight Knowledge Base and Feed Reader.
Minimalistic Android note taking App | Notally, but eXtended.
End-to-end encrypted visual note-taking tool with deep page navigation.
开源自托管笔记与私有知识库,支持 Markdown/富文本、AI 写作、思维导图、任务管理、全文搜索、多级笔记本和 Docker 一键部署。
A minimal, distraction-free markdown editor built with Tauri, React, and TypeScript
The next-generation Markdown editor, with an AI writing assistant. Free and open source for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Kition brings Markdown, DataTable, WhiteBoard, a tool-using AI agent, browser research, and visual workflows into one desktop workspace.
Transcribe meetings and voice notes with local AI, no bots required
Privacy-focused note-taking made simple and fast
Self-hosted sticky notes with better organization
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Frequently asked questions
How many open source note-taking projects are there?
This registry tracks 45 projects tagged note-taking, with 467,199 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is AppFlowy at 78,112 stars.
Are these note-taking projects free to use?
Yes — 44 of the 45 carry an explicit open-source licence across 8 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.
Which note-taking project should I choose?
The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.
Are these note-taking projects still maintained?
40 of the 45 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.