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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.

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  • FreeOpen Source

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Visual Studio Code
5 / 5 Avg rating (8)
65likes
9comments
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  1.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Local Storage
  2.  Support for MarkDown
  3.  Hierarchical Structure
  4.  Block reference
  5.  Graph view
  6.  VSCode
  7.  Backlinks
  8.  Quick reference lookup
  9.  Publishing
  10.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  11.  Tagging
  12.  Bidirectional links
  13.  Built-in themes
  14.  Graphs
  15.  Wiki
  16.  Database Management Tool
  17.  Write files in markdown
  18.  Backlink checker

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Dendron information

  • Developed by

    Dendron
  • Licensing

    Open Source (Apache-2.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 5
  • Alternatives

    192 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •  6,972 Stars
  •  267 Forks
  •  791 Open Issues
  •   Updated Mar 17, 2025 
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Our users have written 9 comments and reviews about Dendron, and it has gotten 65 likes

Dendron was added to AlternativeTo by Erik Bjäreholt on Sep 28, 2020 and this page was last updated Sep 17, 2024.

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Top Positive Comment
Kevin Lin
Jun 27, 2021
2

Dendron's use of flexible hierarchies works the same way that I think. It helps me organize and manage 20k+ markdown notes and its constantly getting better with weekly updates!

Dave Mackey
Jan 25, 2023
0

What many consider a feature (integration with VSC) is the main downside for me. I don't really want another hefty extension loading in VSC.

camsanders
Jul 16, 2021
1

Greatest note workflow i've ever used. Support for local storage and markdown, along with it being built right into vscode makes this hard to beat.

jpgde
Jul 1, 2021
1

Dendron is awesome, incredibly fast to create and link to new notes. Very actively developed with a roadmap to add many features.

Joshi
Jun 24, 2021
0

Brilliant way to publish your note taking super flexible and powerful.

condor
Mar 6, 2021
1

I think it's the most sophisticated (not complicated) note-taking software.

WeiHua Liu
Jan 10, 2021
2

Dendron is a markdown files organizer. The real usable what you see is what you get markdown editor extension for visual studio code is Unotes. Dendron uses the metadata of markdown files to store hierarchical structure, tag, date, and time, as Joplin does. The graph view is created according manually typed namespace.

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What is Dendron?

Dendron is an open-source, local-first, markdown-based, note-taking tool built on top of VSCode. Like most such tools, Dendron supports all the usual features you would expect like tagging, backlinks, a graph view, split panes, and so forth. But it doesn’t stop there - whereas most tools (try to make it) easy to get notes in, they tend to make it hard to get them back out later, and it only gets worse as you add more notes. Dendron helps you get notes back out and works better the more notes you have.

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