Crossnote AlternativesNote-taking Tools and other similar apps like Crossnote

Crossnote is described as 'Is probably the world's first markdown notes reader & editor Progressive Web Application that works offline and supports syncing with arbitrary git repository right inside your browser' and is a Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Crossnote, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, SaaS and Linux apps. The best Crossnote alternative is Notion, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Crossnote are Zettlr, Zim, Docmost and Turtl.

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  1. Notion icon

    Notion

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    Enhance team collaboration and content organization with Notion. Experience real-time access, intuitive drag-and-drop functionalities, and visually simple interfaces designed for productivity in managing tasks, notes, and databases effectively. Ideal for teams of every size.

    152 Notion alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Notion is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Crossnote.

    • Notion is the most popular free alternative to Crossnote.

    • Notion is Freemium and ProprietaryCrossnote is Free and Open Source
    • Notion is CustomizableCrossnote is not according to our users
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    Zettlr

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    Unified writing platform offering note-taking, easy citations with Zotero integration, LaTeX/Word templates, snippets, themes, dark modes, code highlighting, multi-language support, and knowledge management with Zettelkasten for seamless writing from notes to books.

    176 Zettlr alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    • Zettlr is the most popular Linux alternative to Crossnote.

    • Zettlr is the most popular Open Source alternative to Crossnote.

    • Zettlr is Free and Open SourceCrossnote is also Free and Open Source
    • Zettlr is Privacy focused and LightweightCrossnote is not according to our users
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    Zim

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    Zim brings the concept of a wiki to your desktop. Store information, link pages and edit with WYSISYG markup or directly typing some lightweight markup syntax and see it previewed as-you-type. Creating a new page is easy by either clicking on the "Create new note"...

    315 Zim alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Notion

    Enhance team collaboration and content organization with Notion. Experience real-time access, intuitive drag-and-drop functionalities, and visually simple interfaces designed for productivity in managing tasks, notes, and databas...

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    Docmost

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    Docmost is an open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. It is an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion.

    91 Docmost alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
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    • Docmost is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Crossnote.

    • Docmost is the most popular commercial alternative to Crossnote.

    • Docmost is Paid and Open SourceCrossnote is Free and Open Source
    • Docmost is Privacy focusedCrossnote is not according to our users
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    Turtl

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    Whether it's bookmarks or passwords, files or shopping lists...Turtl organizes it all and makes it easy to find later. Sync across your devices. Leave nothing behind.

    186 Turtl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
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  8. Foam icon

    Foam

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
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  10. Dendron icon

    Dendron

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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.

    202 Dendron alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
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  11. Bear icon

    Bear

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    Flexible note-taking and writing tool featuring advanced markdown with in-line images, cross-note links, live preview, hashtags, Focus Mode, plain text storage, iCloud sync, one-tap formatting, smart data recognition, and multiple export formats for portability.

    247 Bear alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    PeekNote

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    PeekNote is a lightweight, always-on-top note app for macOS designed to quickly save, edit, and reuse text or code snippets.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    Notable

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    Notable is a cross-platform note app. Notes are plain Markdown files, their metadata is stored as Markdown front matter. Attachments are also plain files, if you attach a picture.jpg to a note everything about it will be preserved, and it will remain accessible like any other...

    71 Notable alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
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    Rocketnotes

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    Rocketnotes is a web-based Markdown note taking app with AI-powered text completion. You can sign up for free or deploy it with low effort to your personal AWS account. Check out the installation guides for deploying Rocketnotes at AWS or running it on your local machine with...

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Mac
    • Online
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    Colanode

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    Open-source and local-first Slack and Notion alternative that puts you in control of your data.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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