note-taking
Privacy-focused AI assistant for your data
Open-source, local-first AI that organizes, answers, and automates across tasks, notes, documents, photos, and bookmarks. Private by design and under your control.
NoteFlow is a lightweight, Markdown-based note-taking application with task management capabilities. It provides a clean interface for creating, viewing, and managing notes with support for tasks, images, files,and code snippets.
save links, notes, and images. private & open source.
vault is a desktop app to collect and organize links, notes, and images. it’s open source, private, and everything is stored locally.
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Your private note-taking app.
A self-hosted markdown editor with live preview, document encryption, multi-user support, and multi-organization capabilities.
Self-organizing AI note-taking app that runs models locally.
Reor is an AI-powered desktop note-taking app: it automatically links related ideas, answers questions on your notes and provides semantic search. Everything is stored locally and you can edit your notes with an Obsidian-like markdown editor.
Self-hosted, Simple Markdown Web Editor and Notes Organizer.
FrankMD (Frank Markdown) is a simple, feature-rich, self-hosted markdown note-taking app built with Ruby on Rails 8. The name honors Frank Rosenblatt, inventor of the Perceptron - the pioneering neural network that laid the foundation for modern AI.
private, local-first notes for every device.
Fast, private, local-first notes. Native on iOS and Android, with a real desktop app for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Plain markdown you own — no vendor lock-in.
OpenWiki is a CLI that writes and maintains documentation for your codebase, built specifically for agents.
A simple, self-hosted app for your checklists and notes.
Tired of bloated, cloud-based to-do apps? Jotty is a lightweight alternative for managing your personal checklists and notes. It's built with Next.js 14, is easy to deploy, and keeps all your data on your own server.
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A lightweight self-hosted capture layer for links, notes, screenshots and files across your devices.
Most tools focus on organizing information. DropMind focuses on capturing it instantly, from anywhere.
Note Conversion Tool.
Jimmy is a tool to convert your notes from different formats to Markdown.
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An "Owlistic" notetaking app to easily organize and manage your notes and tasks! 🦉 Free open-source notetaking app with real-time sync 🔄⚡️🚀
Ephemeral Markdown Paper.
Traditional todo apps can be overwhelming. Ephe is designed to organize your tasks with plain Markdown. Ephe gives you just one clean page to focus your day.
Joplin Web is Joplin Mobile, running in a web browser.
A self-hosted, database-less note-taking web app that utilises a flat folder of markdown files for storage.
TUI Application to manage Obsidian notes directly from the terminal .
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Write it Down. Own it Forever.
A clean, quiet space to think. Your notes live in standard Markdown within a local SQLite database. No vendor lock-in, no distractions. Selfhosted notes app. Single golang binary, notes stored as markdown within SQLite, full-text search, very low resource usage
A free, quiet space for thinking. Private, no data is sent to server.
Free, quiet space for thinking. A simple app for your .md files. Private - no data is sent to server.
Minimalist, Free & Anonymous Note Taking App. With QuickNote you can create notes on the fly - that can contain links, images, lists or snippets of code - and share them with your colleagues or friends in seconds.
A smart new editor for thoughts, notes, tasks and planning.
Thymer is a smart new editor (IDE) designed to write, plan or share big ideas at the speed of thought.
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A Terminal Based Note Taking App.
Toney is a fast, lightweight, terminal-based note-taking app for the modern developer. Built with Bubbletea, Toney brings a sleek TUI interface with markdown rendering, file navigation, and native Neovim editing – all in your terminal.
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Create Beautiful Diagrams & Notes
A self-hosted platform for Mermaid.js diagrams, notes, and knowledge management. Built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and Shadcn UI.
A minimalist markdown scratchpad.
Scratch is an offline-first markdown notes app. It's AI-friendly, keyboard-optimized, and design-centered.
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Encyclopedia of note taking apps. 36 best note taking apps analyzed over 306 features.
openleaf is a minimalist, browser-based rich text editor that lets you start writing instantly without signup, downloads, or configuration. Just go to any URL and start typing!
Bangle.io is a powerful yet simple note taking web app that works on top of your locally saved Markdown files.
Lightweight, self-hosted note-taking application with filesystem-based storage so you maintain 100% portability of your notes.
A lightweight, self-hosted note-taking application with filesystem-based storage. Built with Nuxt 3, TypeScript, and designed for simplicity and performance. The primary goal of this app is to manage your notes in a manner that is 100% portable. You should be able to manage your notes in terminal, notepad or any other app - there is no database, just folders and files.
Hugo bloggin' with Obsidian like a boss. Preview, publish, and deploy your blog without leaving your editor.
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Online Note Taking Site.
At Notemod, we believe that taking notes should be simple, powerful, and accessible to everyone. Whether you're a student, professional, or creative thinker, Notemod is designed to streamline your note-taking experience with a modern touch.
a desktop 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. Pages are stored in a folder structure, like in an outliner, and can have attachments. Creating a new page is as easy as linking to a nonexistent page. All data is stored in plain text files with wiki formatting. Various plugins provide additional functionality, like a task list manager, an equation editor, a tray icon, and support for version control.
Build your personal knowledge base with TriliumNext Notes.
TriliumNext Notes is a hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases.
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Notes & Bookmarks. Save all your information in one place.
An open source self hosted web app for your notes and bookmarks side by side.
A home for your thoughts. Keyboard-first local Markdown notes with Vim motions, diagrams, and MCP integration.
ZenNotes keeps every note as a local .md file you own — with real Vim motions, live math & diagrams, an MCP server for your assistant, and a bundled zen CLI. Native on Mac, Windows, and Linux, or self-host in any browser.
Read, style, and share markdown files - privately. Formerly SDocs.
SmallDocs (formerly SDocs) is a lightweight, stateless markdown editor with live styling. Your document lives in the URL hash fragment - browsers never send it to the server.
AI-Powered Note Taking App.
An open-source, self-hosted personal AI note tool prioritizing privacy, built using TypeScript .
Blinko is an innovative open-source project designed for individuals who want to quickly capture and organize their fleeting thoughts. Blinko allows users to seamlessly jot down ideas the moment they strike, ensuring that no spark of creativity is lost.
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A markdown-like journal language for plainly writing logs , gantt charts , blogs , feeds , notes , journals , diaries , todos , timelines , calendars or anything that happens over time .
Markwhen is a markdown-like journal language. You write markdown-ish text and it gets converted into JSON which can then be rendered into a timeline or other view.
An open-source, self-hosted personal note tool prioritizing privacy, built using TypeScript .
Blinko is an innovative open-source project designed for individuals who want to quickly capture and organize their fleeting thoughts. Blinko allows users to seamlessly jot down ideas the moment they strike, ensuring that no spark of creativity is lost.
Offline first, self hostable note taking application
Anchor focuses on speed, privacy, simplicity, and reliability across mobile and web. Notes are stored locally, editable offline, and synced across devices when online.
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Bring projects, wikis, and teams together with AI. The AI workspace where you achieve more without losing control of your data.
Bring projects, wikis, and teams together with AI. AppFlowy is the AI collaborative workspace where you achieve more without losing control of your data. The leading open source Notion alternative.
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Your Self-Hosted Knowledge Base.
NoteDiscovery is a lightweight, self-hosted note-taking application that puts you in complete control of your knowledge base. Write, organize, and discover your notes with a beautiful, modern interface—all running on your own server.
An offline first, self hostable note taking application.
Anchor focuses on speed, privacy, simplicity, and reliability across mobile and web. Notes are stored locally, editable offline, and synced across devices when online.
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Run Obsidian in the browser. No remote desktop required.
Run Obsidian as a self-hosted web app. Not remote desktop, an actual web app.
Ignis is a compatibility shim that provides browser-compatible implementations of the Electron APIs used by Obsidian, allowing Obsidian to run in a standard browser while keeping your vault on the server. Obsidian is not included in or distributed with this project. The Docker container downloads Obsidian directly from its official source on first run.
A lightweight, self-hosted memo hub. Open Source and Free forever. memos provides the privacy, security, and reliability that innovators need in their moments of inspiration.
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Intelligent Note Manager.
Poznote is a personal, free, self-hosted, simple and intuitive note manager. Capture and organize your notes quickly while keeping full control over your data, with zero vendor lock-in. Notes are stored as plain HTML files, accessible even without the app. Fast, clean, and fully under your control — designed for those who value efficiency above all.
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A self-hosted, database-less note taking web app that utilises a flat folder of markdown files for storage.
Markdown note-taking app.
Many Notes is a markdown note-taking app designed for simplicity! Easily create or import your vaults and organize your thoughts right away.
Vaults are simply storage containers for your files, and Many Notes provides you with the flexibility to keep everything in one vault or to separate your files into multiple vaults.
Note Mark is a lighting fast and minimal; web-based Markdown notes app.
Minne, a read-it-later & personal knowledge management solution .
Minne (Swedish for "memory") is a personal knowledge management system and save-for-later application for capturing, organizing, and accessing your information. Inspired by the Zettelkasten method, it uses a graph database to automatically create connections between your notes without manual linking overhead.
QOwnNotes is a plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with Markdown support and Nextcloud / ownCloud integration.
Customizable AI Research & Knowledge Management Assistant. The AI Workspace Built for Teams. Connect any LLM to your internal knowledge sources and chat with it in real time alongside your team.
Open Source Alternative to NotebookLM / Perplexity, connected to external sources such as Search Engines, Slack, Linear, Jira, ClickUp, Confluence, Notion, YouTube, GitHub, Discord and more.
websites notes. Take notes on every website in a smart and simple way!
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Joplin is an open source note-taking app. Capture your thoughts and securely access them from any device.
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Personal Wiki for Vim.
Vimwiki is a personal wiki for Vim – interlinked, plain text files written in a markup language
A secure note-taking application for linux, integrated with Etebase for encrypted synchronization.
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Start building your knowledge graph. Everything You Know, Connected.
Open source. Self-hosted. Your data stays yours.
A personal knowledge base that turns markdown notes into a semantically-connected, AI-augmented knowledge graph.
Atomic stores knowledge as atoms — markdown notes that are automatically chunked, embedded, tagged, and linked by semantic similarity. Your atoms can be synthesized into wiki articles, explored on a spatial canvas, and queried through an agentic chat interface.
Turn an existing markdown-and-diagram workspace into a realtime collaborative web app.
Realtime collaboration for Markdown folders, diagrams, and git-backed docs, without migrating your files.
CollabMD turns a local Markdown folder, Obsidian-style vault, or docs repo into a collaborative workspace you can open in the browser. Throughout this guide, vault simply means a regular folder on your computer that contains Markdown files.
Obsidian is a powerful and extensible knowledge base that works on top of your local folder of plain text files.
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A fast, open-source Markdown note-taking app for students and creators.
A modern and elegant application for taking notes in extended Markdown. Organize, search, and export your notes with an intuitive interface designed for students and productivity.
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Open-source and local-first Slack and Notion alternative that puts you in control of your data.