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Elephant

Elephant is a notetaker with a classic interface you already know. Created by jusu

Free Open Source
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Windows
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Elephant is a notetaker with a classic interface you already know.

Keep your notes to yourself. No accounts or clouds. For syncing use Dropbox, Github, rsync, ...

No feature bloat or redesigns, ever.

Elephant stores notes in plain files and folders. No databases and no migration.

Cross-platform for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Built for longevity with a classic interface. New versions will never offer weird functionality. There will never be a chat feature and it will never show stuff from Financial Times. More Info »

Premium is free, no ads. Open source.

Elephant is listed in

Linux Apps for Writers, Writer, Organize, and Secure Note-Taking

Links to official Elephant sites

Official Website GitHub

Features

Insert images MarkDown support Note organization Notetaking Works Offline Portable Save as txt Add a feature

Category

Office & Productivity

Tags

markdown notebook notepad

Elephant was added by jusujusu in Dec 2014 and the latest update was made in Mar 2020. The list of alternatives was updated Jul 2020. It's possible to update the information on Elephant or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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