Two hand-approved projects in our catalog replace Microsoft OneNote. Both are notes software. JJoplin has the most GitHub stars (57K). Tick what matters to you and the list re-sorts so the closest fits come first.
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Keep notes and to-dos on all your devices, synced where you choose.
Offline first: all notes stay on your phone or computer, with or without a connection.
Syncs through Nextcloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, WebDAV, S3 or a local folder.
Imports Evernote ENEX files with formatting, attachments and metadata.
Does not meet: Permissive licenceMeets: Open-source licenceMeets: Released ≤ 90 daysDoes not meet: Gaining starsMeets: Written in TypeScriptDoes not meet: In a stack
A note tree for building a large personal knowledge base.
Notes form a tree, and one note can be cloned into several places.
Collections show notes as a calendar, table, kanban board or map.
Per-note encryption, revisions, scripting and a REST API are built in.
Does not meet: Permissive licenceMeets: Open-source licenceMeets: Released ≤ 90 daysDoes not meet: Gaining starsMeets: Written in TypeScriptDoes not meet: In a stack
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