Note taking open-source application aimed to have both a simple interface but keeping smart behavior.




Tomboy is described as 'Desktop note-taking application for Linux, Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X. Simple and easy to use, but with potential to help you organize the ideas and information you deal with every day' and is a very popular Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Tomboy for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Web-based apps. The best Tomboy alternative is Notesnook, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tomboy are Zim, TiddlyWiki, Trilium Notes and CherryTree.
Note taking open-source application aimed to have both a simple interface but keeping smart behavior.




Distraction-free note-taking app featuring categories for organization, Markdown formatting, favorites, and seamless integration with Nextcloud clients. Enables syncing across devices, API integration with third-party apps, offline access, and privacy-focused storage.




Block-organized, privacy-focused scratchpad for developers with language-specific syntax highlighting and auto-formatting, supporting JavaScript, JSON, Markdown, notes, API responses, and daily planning, all in a persistent local buffer with minimalist interface.

Amplenote allows you to take notes and link those notes to functional task and contacts lists for seamless project management. It supports integration with Google and Outlook calendars to schedule tasks and allows e-mail integration as well.




Carnet is a complete and rich note taking app for Android and Linux that can be synced with NextCloud (selfhosted) or the official Carnet server.




Efficient hierarchical information manager for Windows, offering note storage in a single file with customizable tree structures, password protection with 1800-bit encryption, instant search, a rich text editor, multiple language support, and portable use without installation.




WizNote is a Note software, which is especially designed for Internet users and mobile Internet users. WizNote focuses more on notes of rapid collection, management, reading and sharing. WizNote is smaller, more stable, and more suitable for computers, phones and mobile devices.




Your team’s knowledge base Team wiki, documentation, meeting notes, playbooks, onboarding, work logs, brainstorming, & more….

ColorNote is a simple notepad app. It give you a quick and simple notepad editing experience when you write notes, email, message, shopping lists and todo lists. ColorNote makes taking a note easier than any other notepad apps.




Notational Velocity is a mouseless application for storing and retrieving notes.



MyInfo is a personal information manager for Windows. It will help you capture, organize, edit and share ideas, documents, tasks, and web pages.

Privacy oriented, without vendor lock in note organizer, todo list desktop application. Work offline with text, markdown and pdf files.



