Trilium Notes Alternatives

Trilium Notes is described as 'The original trilium is transfered to this repo by its owner and the app continues to develop here as stated here: https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium' and is a very popular Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Trilium Notes for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Trilium Notes alternative is Obsidian, which is free. Other great apps like Trilium Notes are Joplin, Logseq, Anytype and Notion.

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  1. MarkText icon
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    Open-source Markdown editor on Mac, Windows, and Linux offering real-time preview, clean interface, and various themes. Supports math expressions, exports HTML/PDF, allows image pasting, and more.

    119 MarkText alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. HelixNotes icon
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    HelixNotes is a local markdown note-taking app built with Rust, Tauri 2.0, and SvelteKit. Your notes are standard .md files on your filesystem - sync with whatever you want or nothing at all.

    118 HelixNotes alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Android
     
  3. Foam icon
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    Foam is a personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub.

    259 Foam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  4. Lockbook icon
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    Provides end-to-end encrypted note-taking, file storage, and sketching with syncing across platforms, zero data collection, no personal info or passwords required, open-source code for transparency, and optional premium storage, all via native and CLI tools.

    76 Lockbook alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Reor icon
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    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.

    131 Reor alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  6. Dendron icon
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    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.

    222 Dendron alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  7. NeverWrite icon
     18 likes

    NeverWrite is a local-first knowledge workspace for people who need to handle workflows with multiple parallel agents and subagents. Built like a code editor, but for markdown. It has inline review changes, like Cursor and others.

    52 NeverWrite alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  8. Nuclino icon
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    Nuclino is a unified workspace where teams can bring all their knowledge, docs, and projects together in one place. It’s a modern, simple, and blazingly fast way to collaborate, without the chaos of files and folders, context switching, or silos.

    357 Nuclino alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
     
  9.  Craft icon
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    Craft offers document creation with stunning visuals, seamless navigation, and effortless sharing. Nest notes, use AI for summaries, and export in multiple formats.

    126 Craft alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. DEVONthink icon
     130 likes

    Organizes documents, notes, emails, PDFs, and media using AI-powered search, tagging, and OCR. Supports offline use, syncing across macOS and iOS, encryption, web clipping, automation, and customizable grouping for efficient information management.

    168 DEVONthink alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  11. Anchor icon
     16 likes

    Offline-first, self-hostable note app supporting rich text formatting, tag-based organization, customizable backgrounds, pinning, search, archiving, admin management, trash recovery, mobile and web access, sync, privacy safeguards, and dark or light themes.

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  12. RedNotebook icon
     119 likes

    RedNotebook is a graphical diary and journal helping you keep track of notes and thoughts. It includes a calendar navigation, customizable templates, export functionality and word clouds. You can also format, tag and search your entries.

    172 RedNotebook alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • PortableApps.com
    • Xfce
     
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