Evernote Alternatives for Linux

Google Keep

Google Keep is a service provided by Google which integrates note-taking and web surfing. Quickly capture what’s on your mind and recall it easily wherever you are. Create a checklist, enter a voice note or take a photo and annotate it. Everything you add is available instantly on all your devices – desktop and mobile.

• Google Keep is more like a sticky note where as Evernote is a digital filing system where everything is better organized. Guest • Jul 2016 • 47 agrees and 6 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Google Keep doesn't support text formating, only simple plain text. Evernote is more for MSWord-like notes. Guest • May 2016 • 23 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• It's more for personal than professional use, but easy and fast to use. Drianmoller • Jan 2017 • 10 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• It has barely any of the features. Could work if you only need to store simple text and photos but much more than that and it just gets hard to organise. Guest • Mar 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Very good note searching. Good integration between desktop and mobile. Use google docs for rich formatting and large texts. Guest • Sep 2016 • 6 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Purpose of Google Keep is different. It's better for sticky notes and todo lists while Evernote is made for organizing your images/articles/notes etc. angel_koky • Aug 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Much simpler but still very powerful note keeping app. Keep is very easy to use and includes many powerful features. Guest • Aug 2017 Disagree   Agree
• Keep is good for sticky notes , short lists and quick reminders . Guest • Oct 2017 Disagree   Agree
• Good for capturing random thoughts chrisparishaines • Feb 2018 Disagree   Agree
• More useful and modern solution, as for me chadwood • May 2018 Disagree   Agree
• No organization, no formatting. Guest • Sep 2018 Disagree   Agree
• Keep is missing meaningful web-clipping capability. Guest • Sep 2018 Disagree   Agree
• Very easy to use, includes all kinds of notes (Text, photos, links..etc), notes can be added in very easy way, just share the content to Keep app. yb7067 • Feb 2019 Disagree   Agree
• The main reason I don't use Google Keep is that it doesn't have a Firefox plugin. Guest • Jul 2016 • 2 agrees and 7 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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Simplenote

Made by the company behind WordPress, Simplenote is an easy way to keep notes, lists, ideas, and more. Your notes stay updated across all your devices. No buttons to press. It just works. Your notes are synced across your devices when you create, add to or change them. Registration is required but the app and service are free.

• Not an archiver. Simplenote is for just that: simple markdown notes. Guest • Jun 2017 • 9 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Very quick sync, responsive UI, works good across Windows, Linux and Android, although missing support for graphical notes and more text formatting options Guest • Nov 2016 • 10 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Simplenote is a cross-platform app that allows you to take simple (as the name implies) text-based notes and sync them across your devices. There is markdown support, but little else. It's Evernote with almost everything but the note taking feature taken out. If that appeals to you, it's great. Also, thumbs up for open source and Linux support! JohnFastman • Dec 2016 • 8 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• No import/export, requires use of "markups" instead of keystrokes for style changes Guest • Jul 2016 • 6 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• True to its name, it is simple. Windows, Linux & Android all are supported. No media support. Text only. User2778798 • Jun 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Good for plain text without the bloat of Evernote. Lately (late 2018/early 2019) it's been having trouble syncing reliably between devices, and there's no way to force a sync or see what's happening with sync. That's a showstopper problem, so I've switched to Standard Notes. Denmon • 7 days ago Disagree   Agree
• I find it easier to use and manage. CarlosMorales • Dec 2016 Disagree   Agree
• Simplenote is just about making simple text notes Guest • Oct 2016 • 6 agrees and 7 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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Standard Notes

Love Notes. Love Encryption. Standard Notes is a safe place for your notes, thoughts, and life's work. It's simple. Standard Notes is the easiest notes app you'll ever use. That means a more reliable, long-term experience. Encrypted writing is your best writing. You never really know the power of your words until you experience total-privacy for the first time.

• Multi-platform support- Linux included. Open Source code. End-to-end encryption. No device limit. 100 per cent free. TBOTO • Apr 2017 • 11 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Does not support images or attachments, only text. Guest • May 2018 • 8 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Open-source, free, great experience, and support for almost every platform. zane • Nov 2017 • 5 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• It is built from the ground-up to last 100 years - so a very different development model. Core software is plain text, and extended through plugins for Markdown and other rich text. scooterdog • Feb 2018 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• It's secure and private, support nice plugins like markdown format. mm140 • Feb 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Privacy, sanity, and no feature creep or bloat, plus a dark theme! techno • Apr 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Solid, simple and secure note taking app that works across platforms. D2MS • Sep 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Best option for plain-text synced notes I've found. Moved to this from Simplenote due to sync problems there. UI is not the prettiest but I like the visibility into what's happening with sync and the option to choose different editors for notes. Sync protocol is well documented and you can even run your own Standard File server if you really want. Developer is active and responsive, and has the right approach (IMHO). Denmon • 7 days ago Disagree   Agree

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Zim

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" button, by linking to a non-existing page or by writing a CamelCase name in any note.

• Great to store and organize notes, possibility ton includes pictures. You can synchronize your notes with your favorite cloud plateform, notes are saved in the .txt format. The problem is : you need to install an app (not available on android) to use effectively AND it uses a markdown different than other apps. Guest • Jan 2017 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Includes nested notes, Wiki-like linking, and conversion to HTML samuelhunter • Jan 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• it's impossible to use it in sync Many time it lost files if more than one device is in use... also not at the same time. LordMax • Jul 2017 • 0 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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Joplin

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, can be copied, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor. The notes are in Markdown format. Notes exported from Evernote via .enex files can be imported into Joplin, including the formatted content (which is converted to Markdown), resources (images, attachments, etc.

• - good functionality for - note taking - task managemet - file attachments surehand53 • Jun 2018 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Already very good, and the progress during the last few months has been STUNNING! So many new releases with massive new features. This is one to watch. pragmattica • Jun 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• PRO: - markdown ? - let you encrypt your notes - save them on your computer(backup with thirdparty backupsoftware) - free, Open Source - crossplatform CON: - no OCR Guest • Jul 2018 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Secure, encrypted notes. Organise notes in notebooks. Guest • Dec 2018 Disagree   Agree

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Turtl

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. Turtl uses high-end cryptography to protect your data. Whether you're worried about information leaks, competitive advantage, or blanket government surveillance, Turtl works hard to make sure only you, and those you choose, can see your data.

• Turtl stores your info encrypted, unlike Evernote. Much more private. Guest • Oct 2016 • 11 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Turtl is presently more of a bookmark sync utility than Evernote replacement. (For an open source Evernote replacement see TagSpaces). Unlike Evernote, Turtl is open source and use end-to-end encryption so that you can store simple notes and online bookmarks with full privacy, even from the Turtl developers. A browser plugin works together with the client to capture links. It's still being developed but already a good choice for cross-platform bookmark/note syncing. JohnFastman • Dec 2016 • 7 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• you can easily share boards of bookmarks & notes you can synch files & images it's cross platform & free Guest • Dec 2016 • 6 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Windows versions do not work properly. There is very little documentation and a poor forum. AnonAT • Mar 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Turtl has a great potential to be a full alternative to evernote in the future. But that will take time, still waiting for import feature from other services like evernote,simplenote etc. kbabir • Feb 2017 Disagree   Agree
• Client-side AES encryption (private), open-source and free syncing. Markdown support, attachments, bookmarks, browser plugins and apps for Win, OsX, Linux and Android. Best used for simple notes, but it's infinitely better than, say Simplenote and much more private than Evernote. Guest • Mar 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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CherryTree

A hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting, storing data in a single xml or sqlite file.

• CherryTree is a great alternative, particularly if you're also looking for the notebook/wiki setup (think of it as a newer, less buggy Zim). SQLite storage, optional encryption, hierarchical node structure, syntax highlighting (for code documentation), customizable keyboard shortcuts, cross-platform, etc. Guest • Oct 2018 Disagree   Agree

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TagSpaces

TagSpaces is an open source personal data manager. It helps you organize and browse your files on every platform. Cross-platform file tagging and file finding Organize your photos, ebooks, music, recipes or invoices in the same way on almost every platform. We currently support Windows, Linux, OS X, Android, Firefox and Chrome With the help of tags you can do research better or you can manage projects using the GTD methodology.

• Note taking is only a small part - tagging of local files is the main purpose. Guest • Jan 2017 • 10 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• TagSpaces is built as an Evernote alternative for note taking and information management Danilo_Venom • Oct 2016 • 9 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Superb, open-source, free, cross-platform organizer or files and notes. Still a work in progress, but already extremely useful. No automatic giving up of private data to the cloud; instead you can sync whichever folder you like to the cloud using your favourite service. Very highly recommended. JohnFastman • Dec 2016 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• No way to search the content of notes. pihentagy • Feb 2017 Disagree   Agree

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Dynalist

Dynalist is a web app that lets you break down and organize your thoughts in the format of lists.

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Leanote

Leanote provides services for note and blog. You can use "note" as your personal notebook, if you want to share with friends, just publish note or notebook to the blog. The code of Leanote can be found on Github but you have to pay to get the app from the official website, hence this freemium license.

• Probably the most complete open source, self-hosted or paid-for Evernote alternative in terms of functionality. Sadly, the English instructions aren't easy to find or that clear. But it works phenomenally well as an Evernote alternative. JohnFastman • Jan 2017 • 6 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• It supports, markdown, sequence diagram, flowchart, math, and syncing. The desktop clients (Win/MacOs) also export to HTML and PDF. It support Nested notebooks. I doesn't have web clipper, and this is fine as I don't need it. I like to structure my notes using Markdown. Many of instructions are in Chinese and some are in English. If you drop in question in English (in the forum), someone would reply in English. The team is in the progress of translating Chinese manual to English. iwankelaiah • Oct 2017 Disagree   Agree

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Tomboy

Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application for Linux, Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X. Simple and easy to use, but with potential to help you organize the ideas and information you deal with every day. FEATURES - Highlighting text - Inline spell checking - Auto-linking web & email addresses - Undo/redo - Font styling & sizing - Bulleted lists - Note synchronization across several computers - Backup and Recovery

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wikidPad

wikidPad is a Wiki-like notebook for storing your thoughts, ideas, todo lists, contacts, or anything else you can think of to write down. What makes wikidPad different from other notepad applications is the ease with which you can cross-link your information. Links in a wiki are created by typing in WikiWords. A WikiWord is any mixed case word typed into the editor. TodoList or JohnDoe are example WikiWords.

• If you like hierarchical ("logical") organization and still want to cross reference. Wikidpad is the number 1 choice for you. iwanaanderson • Dec 2016 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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QOwnNotes

QOwnNotes is the open source plain-text notepad with markdown support and todo-list manager for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows, that works together with the notes application of ownCloud. So you are able to write down your thoughts with QOwnNotes and edit or search for them later from your mobile device (like with CloudNotes) or the ownCloud web-service. The notes are stored as plain text files and are synced with ownCloud's file sync functionality.

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NixNote

NixNote, formerly Nevernote, is an open source client for Evernote . It is written in Java so it will also run on Windows & OS-X, but the primary focus has been to try and get a usable environment for Linux. Features Synchronizes with Evernote servers Local data caching Cross platform Local-only and synchronized notebooks supported Database may be encrypted locally

• Just for clarity: NixNote is an alternative CLIENT software that allows Linux users to access the Evernote SERVICE. It has been developed because Evernote do not provide a client for Linux users. JohnFastman • Jan 2017 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree
• Amazing alternative to Evernote for Linux, it works great! Evernote on web sucks, so this is a great solution for Linux users. Shaikailash • Aug 2016 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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WizNote

WizNote is a Note software, which is especially designed for Internet users and mobile Internet users. WizNote focuses more on notes of rapid collection, management, reading and sharing. WizNote is smaller, more stable, and more suitable for computers, phones and mobile devices. It has a more abundant notes organization and rapid fulltext retrieval. Using associated online service, you can synchronise the notes between your computer and your cell phone.

• Ppen source, availabe for all platforms, good markdown support, sync with cloud, easy to share your notes, can revieve comments on each note, great team work function. carlsplace • Dec 2016 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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lumio

SPOTLIGHT CONTENT THAT MATTERS Highlight text or data, save images, videos or entire pages from the web. Your highlights are recorded together with all source information. ORGANIZE SAVED INFORMATION Organize your highlights in collections the way you organize songs in playlists. Drag and drop to re-arrange them in the order you like. SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE Share your insights via lumio collections or via lumio’s Slack and Trello integrations. No more messy spreadsheets or documents.

• Discontinued Lumio is discontinued on Nov 2018, message published on 03-09-2018

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Nuclino

Nuclino is the easiest way to organize and share knowledge in teams. Create real-time collaborative documents and connect them instantly like a wiki. Use the tree, board, and graph view to explore and organize your knowledge visually. It's great for meeting notes, product requirements, docs, decisions, and more.

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Elephant

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.

• If you want to take control over your notes and want the notes to be readable in 50 years or more, then Elephant can be a good alternative. mtibbi • Mar 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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Piggydb

Piggydb is a Web notebook application that provides you with a platform to build your knowledge personally or collaboratively. With Piggydb, you can create highly structured content by connecting knowledge fragments to each other to build a network structure, which is more flexible and expressive than a tree structure. Fragments can also be classified using hierarchical tags. Piggydb does not aim to be an input-and-search database application.

• Discontinued Development has shifted from Piggydb to Cotoami. https://piggydb.net/2017/04/04/piggydb-oinker-cotoami-we-need-your-help/

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MyTetra

MyTetra is open source and cross platform personal manager for information accumulation. It is powerful program for data memorization and structuring notes.

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(Un)colored

Next generation desktop rich content editor that saves documents with themes. HTML & Markdown compatible.

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BasKet

A note taking application for KDE. Lots of features. This multi-purpose note-taking application helps you to: * Easily take all sort of notes * Collect research results and share them * Centralize your project data and reuse it * Quickly organize your thoughts in idea boxes * Keep track of your information in a smart way * Make intelligent To Do lists

• Discontinued Last release 8 years ago. Current github status says there are still bugs moving from KDE 3 to 4 (KDE is at version 5 now)

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nvPY

nvPY is a note-taking tool inspired by Notational Velocity, nvALT and ResophNotes. It syncs with simplenote, and runs on Linux, Windows and OSX.

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Polar

Polar is a powerful desktop app for managing all your web content, books, and notes. Polar keeps all your content in one place, supports tagging, annotation, highlighting and keeps track of your reading progress. POLAR allows you to keep all your documents, annotations, and flashcards in once place. Never lose track of what you're reading again.

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Tracks

Tracks is a web-based application to help you implement David Allen’s Getting Things Done™ methodology. It was built using Ruby on Rails, and comes with a built-in webserver (WEBrick), so that you can run it on your own computer if you like. It can be run on any platform on which Ruby can be installed, including Mac OS X, Windows XP and Linux. Tracks is Open Source, free and licensed under the GNU GPL.

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