DEVONthink Alternatives

DEVONthink is described as 'Organizes and stores documents, notes, emails, and media with AI-powered search, OCR, syncing, encryption, web clipping, and offline access across devices' and is a very popular app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to DEVONthink for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best DEVONthink alternative is Obsidian, which is free. Other great apps like DEVONthink are Joplin, Notesnook, Evernote and Zim.

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  1. Obsidian icon

    Obsidian

     1209 likes

    Privacy-oriented note-taking app for non-linear thinking, blending knowledge graph creation with wiki-style linking. Supports Markdown, end-to-end encryption, and plugins for customization. Offers distraction-free mode, tags, themes, syntax highlighting, and operates offline without tracking.

    332 Obsidian alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Snapcraft
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Safari
    • AppImage
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    Obsidian vs DEVONthink Comments
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    Devonthink does a superb job of making many types of content searchable, and supports very flexible means of categorisation.

    In particular, it doesn't lock you into "its" way of doing things.

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    Devonthink is for storing large numbers of different kinds of files, categorizing them, retrieving them, and finding connections between them. Obsidian does some of this, but in a much more limited way, and mostly only for text files.

    • Obsidian is Freemium and ProprietaryDEVONthink is Paid and Proprietary
    • Obsidian is Privacy focusedDEVONthink is not according to our users
  2. Joplin icon

    Joplin

     943 likes

    Open source app for managing notes and to-dos with Markdown support. Syncs seamlessly across devices using services like Dropbox and OneDrive. Offers end-to-end encrypted synchronicity, offline access, rich import/export options, and a Web Clipper for browsers.

    214 Joplin alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    • Termux
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  4. Notesnook icon

    Notesnook

     218 likes

    Offers open-source, end-to-end encrypted notes with device-based privacy, cross-platform support, private vault, secure sync, offline access, markdown editor, exports to multiple formats, automatic backups, organizational tools, and strong encryption.

    388 Notesnook alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Online
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    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Flatpak
    • Self-Hosted
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    Zenkit Hypernotes

    Knowledge-management tool enabling interconnection and note expansion, semantic network creation, collaboration with task features, and mobile readiness with offline support across devices.

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  6. Evernote icon

    Evernote

     2488 likes

    App designed for cross-platform note-taking and organizing. Create notes with text, images, and audio, tag and search them. Features offline access, business card scanning, and presentation modes. Integrate with LinkedIn and secure with a passcode lock.

    124 Evernote alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Kindle Fire
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    Evernote vs DEVONthink Comments
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    Devon Think is also a file organizer, RSS feeder, and all purpose content documentation software with tagging. Devon Note is a lot more closer to Evernote in functionality.

    • Evernote is Freemium and ProprietaryDEVONthink is Paid and Proprietary
  8. Zim icon

    Zim

     519 likes

    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"...

    359 Zim alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Zim vs DEVONthink Comments
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    Not tied to the Apple ecosystem, free and open source, but still very powerful. I use it for note taking and stuff. You can not do document management things with Zim. I'm an academian, so I use Zotero for that.

    • Zim is Free and Open SourceDEVONthink is Paid and Proprietary
    • Zim is Lightweight and Privacy focusedDEVONthink is not according to our users
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    SiYuan

     84 likes

    SiYuan is a desktop Markdown Block-Reference and Bidirectional-Link note-taking application. Support fine-grained block-level reference and Markdown WYSIWYG.

    122 SiYuan alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
    • F-Droid
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  11. NeverWrite icon

    NeverWrite

     20 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.

    73 NeverWrite alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  12. Bear icon

    Bear

     102 likes

    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.

    304 Bear alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  13. Dendron icon

    Dendron

     72 likes

    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.

    241 Dendron alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
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  14. Qiqqa icon

    Qiqqa

     426 likes

    Qiqqa is a free research and reference manager. Search for, read and annotate your PDFs. Then review your work, write up and create bibliographies instantly.

    70 Qiqqa alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  15. OpenKnowledge icon

    OpenKnowledge

     10 likes

    Markdown editor with WYSIWYG interface, AI-powered wiki tools, LLM integrations, and collaboration features. Supports team sharing, GitHub sync, graph link navigation, TUI access, and embeddable components for specs or reports, all in a private environment.

    55 OpenKnowledge alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Node.JS
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