Open Source CherryTree Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to CherryTree for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Windows alternative is Joplin. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to CherryTree and many of them are open source and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Windows alternatives to CherryTree are Zim, AppFlowy, Simplenote and Trilium Notes.

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  1. Noteup icon
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    Noteup is a free, open-source Github-flavored markup note-taking app for the web, mobile(PWA), and desktop. Your notes are saved in the local storage but are available for import/export.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  2. Nottodbox icon
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    Nottodbox allows you to create and organize notes, to-dos, and diaries with rich text support in popular formats.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. QuinSlate icon
     2 likes

    A lightweight, always-at-hand scratchpad for Windows. Jot notes, stash clipboard snippets, do quick inline math and have it all autosaved to plain text.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. InkyCap icon
     1 like

    InkyCap is a personal knowledge management (PKM) tool that uses Typst markup. It focuses on academics, writers, and anyone wanting both conventional PKM functionality and advanced features for publishing, knowledge discovery, recall, and ideation, as well as agenda-keeping...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Plainva icon
     1 like

    Plainva is an open-source, local-first editor for plain Markdown vaults. It aims to open existing Obsidian-compatible vaults directly from cloud storage and preserve file ownership.

    51 Plainva alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. TreeTime icon
     2 likes

    TreeTime is an information organizer that stores text, numbers, and other data in linked trees. Mathematical operations like sums, ratios, and differences are calculated and updated on the fly. It exports to PNG, SVG, HTML, CSV, and plain text, and includes a configurable web interface.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  7. Rhyolite icon
     1 like

    Rhyolite is a simple markdown editor build using tauri framework that allows user to edit and work on markdown files.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. BasicDiary icon
     2 likes

    A simple program for managing daily annotations, attachments and attributes.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java Mobile
    • Java
    • BSD
     
  9. sudonotes icon
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    ?? Blazing fast notebook for leading AI projects. Brainstorm ideas and keep them connected, orchestrate and scale your projects efficiently, assign the right model to each problem, and avoid wasting effort writing the same prompts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  10. NormNote icon
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    NormNote is a minimalist, distraction-free Markdown editor built for focus and privacy. All notes are stored directly on your device — no accounts, no forced cloud sync. If you want to sync across devices, simply point NormNote to your iCloud or Google Drive folder.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  11. shizumu icon
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    a local-first writing app where every page starts empty: nothing to structure first, nowhere to file it, so the first sentence is the first thing that happens.

    51 shizumu alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Android
     
  12.  Like

    An AI-first workspace that unifies your knowledge base, files and workflows. It runs AI agents 24/7 on your data, stores everything as plain Markdown files on disk & supports bring-your-own AI keys.

    51 Cabinet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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