449 Like Laverna Good alternative? YES NO Laverna is a JavaScript note taking application with Markdown editor and encryption support. Consider it like open source alternative to... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted Encrypted Notes Cloud sync Works offline too AES encryption ... Dropbox integration MarkDown support No registration required Works offline too Sync between devices Syntax Highlighting Add a feature It is open-source, encrypted storage that allows you to host your own data. It also provides desktop apps for all platforms (unlike Evernote) Guest • Oct 2016 • 9 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Main reasons why I believe this is a best alternative to Evernote, OneNote, and Google Keep: Markdown & open source Guest • Dec 2016 • 8 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Laverna has the following advantages over Evernote: 1. Encryption (and therefore privacy/security); 2. It's open source (trustworthy); 3. Self-hosted (you control your data); 4. Supports Windows, Mac & Linux (Evernote has no Linux version). JohnFastman • Dec 2016 • 5 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Laverna is awesome, works on Linux and gives you options to secure your data. Oh and unlike Microsoft and Google, they don't leech all your data on a continuous telemetry stream Guest • Jan 2017 • 6 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Only requires a HTML5 compatible web browser and can use it offline. Works very well with Firefox and Google Chrome. Easy to install on personal web server. To sync data between devices can use a remote storage server. Guest • Mar 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Very fast. And more stylish while the package is relatively small. TorosFanny • Aug 2017 Disagree Agree It supports markdown and encryption, you can sync data via Dropbox or your own server. Soon, it will get Android app, all free and open source! karlossss1996 • Sep 2017 Disagree Agree This is a web application. With Evernote I can take note without any connection and it takes care of my synchronization later on... Guest • Jul 2016 • 11 agrees and 38 disagrees Disagree Agree
762 Like Microsoft OneNote Good alternative? YES NO A digital notebook application that gives people one place to gather notes and information. . Free Mac Windows Android iPhone Windows RT Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch ... Android Wear Kindle Fire Support for styluses Auto-saving Cloud sync Handwritten Notes ... Hierarchical structure IFTTT integration Screenshot OCR Search by tags Subtasks Voice recognition Add a feature Can Note ! Can Draw ! Can make To Do List ! Can Add pictures. Can Add Formules. What's more ? Check it out it is also free. ugurozturk • Mar 2017 • 5 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Less restrained and cluttered than Evernote neithan • Jun 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree The clipper has to simple experience. The search is impossible. The interface has to be more usable danantferrari • Feb 2017 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Easy to use, strong support backed by Microsoft, also got plenty of plugins and apps. Guest • Jan 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Now that it is completely free on all platforms (there is even a free Win10 UWP desktop app), not freemium as stated in this site, its functionality is almost the same. I miss not being able to store pdfs, but that's about it. Guest • Jun 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It is not real cross-platform (Linux is not compatible). Guest • Aug 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
321 Like Simplenote Good alternative? YES NO 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. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad ... Kindle Fire Electron based File Versioning MarkDown support Sync between devices ... Tag based Add a feature 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 • 7 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree No import/export, requires use of "markups" instead of keystrokes for style changes Guest • Jul 2016 • 4 agrees and 1 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 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Not an archiver. Simplenote is for just that: simple markdown notes. Guest • Jun 2017 Disagree Agree True to its name, it is simple. Windows, Linux & Android all are supported. No media support. Text only. User2778798 • Jun 2017 Disagree Agree Simplenote is just about making simple text notes Guest • Oct 2016 • 4 agrees and 7 disagrees Disagree Agree
319 Like Zim Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Sync with Dropbox File Versioning Hierarchical structure Nested Notes ... Text formatting WYSIWYG Support Add a feature 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 • 1 agrees and 0 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 1 disagrees Disagree Agree
73 Like Turtl Good alternative? YES NO Turtl is a private place to keep your notes, research, passwords, bookmarks, dream logs, photos, documents and anything else you want kept safe. Turtl's easy tagging... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Self-Hosted Encrypted Notes End-to-end encryption MarkDown support Android Sync ... Client side encryption Password encryption Privacy protection Real time collaboration Sync between devices Sync on many devices Add a feature Turtl stores your info encrypted, unlike Evernote. Much more private. Guest • Oct 2016 • 9 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree you can easily share boards of bookmarks & notes you can synch files & images it's cross platform & free Guest • Dec 2016 • 5 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 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Windows versions do not work properly. There is very little documentation and a poor forum. AnonAT • Mar 2017 • 2 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 1 disagrees Disagree Agree
87 Like TagSpaces Good alternative? YES NO TagSpaces is a multiplatform application, which allows you to manage and organize your local files with the help of tags. Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone Self-Hosted Chrome Firefox File tagging File-organization Tag based Automatic file renaming ... Support for Batch Mode Built-in editor Built-in Note Taker Chromecast support Color coding Extensible by Plugins/Extensions File preview File-search Hierarchical structure Indexed search Information aggregator MarkDown support Works offline too Visual Tagging Add a feature TagSpaces is built as an Evernote alternative for note taking and information management Danilo_Venom • Oct 2016 • 8 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Note taking is only a small part - tagging of local files is the main purpose. Guest • Jan 2017 • 7 agrees and 2 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 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
161 Like Standard Notes Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android iPhone Chrome OS iPad ... Self-Hosted Encrypted Notes End-to-end encryption AES encryption Extensible by Plugins/Extensions ... MarkDown support Privacy focused Security focused Tag based Android Sync Cloud sync Content Filtering Decentralized Sync with Dropbox Fast & easy setup Local Storage Nested Folders Works offline too Privacy Protected Privacy protection Real-time sync Sync between devices Add a feature
221 Like Tomboy Good alternative? YES NO Have you ever felt the frustration at not being able to locate a website you wanted to check out, or find an email you found interesting, or remember an idea about the... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD No features added Add a feature
36 Like Leanote Good alternative? YES NO 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... Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted MarkDown support Sequence Diagrams Export to HTML Full text search ... Latex Math Nested Notebooks Export to PDF Add a feature 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 • 3 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
143 Like wikidPad Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Cross Linking Wiki-like interface Add a feature 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 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
59 Like WizNote Good alternative? YES NO 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... Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Android iPhone Windows RT Android Tablet ... iPad Save web page for offline use Capture Screen / Take screenshots Add a feature 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 Disagree Agree
82 Like Alternote Good alternative? YES NO Gorgeous note-taking app for Mac with Evernote integration. Alternote has pixel-perfect interface, robust search, distraction-free... Commercial Mac Distraction free writing Evernote integration Night mode Distraction-free UI ... WYSIWYG Support Add a feature I'm a Mac user and even I can't see the point of this. It's typical commercial eye-candy. Evernote already has a Mac-native client. So are you really going to pay for this to get a choice of 6 backgrounds (tomatoes?) and "distraction free" writing? Do you feel that distracted when you write in Evernote's normal client? JohnFastman • Jan 2017 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
53 Like Quip Good alternative? YES NO Quip is a modern word processor that enables you to create beautiful documents on any device, including the iPad, iPhone, and the desktop. It combines documents and... Commercial Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Real time collaboration Content Templates Export to Google Spreadsheets IFTTT integration ... Integrated Chat Support for @mentions Works offline too Real time collaboration Slack integration Add a feature
89 Like NixNote Good alternative? YES NO NixNote, formerly Nevernote, is an open source client for Evernote . Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature 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 0 disagrees Disagree Agree 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 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
31 Like lumio Good alternative? YES NO 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... Freemium Mac Windows Linux iPhone Chrome OS iPad Chrome Works offline too Sharable lists Slack integration Trello integration ... Web clipper Add a feature
