GoodNotes Alternatives for Linux

GoodNotes is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Obsidian, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to GoodNotes and 16 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to GoodNotes are Xournal++, xournal, OpenBoard Whiteboard and Linwood Butterfly.

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GoodNotes alternatives are mainly Note-taking Tools, but if you're looking for Journaling Apps or Whiteboards you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Android, Windows, Linux, Android + Journaling, iPad + Free and Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to GoodNotes.
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  1. Notetaking and blackboard replacement application. Inspired by Xournal. Written in C++/Qt for Linux / Windows. It has the ability to annotate PDF files and has a few other options (e.g. markdown support).

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    MrWriter_PDF vs GoodNotes Comments
    Ian Dorfman
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    Though it is not available on iOS, this application supports handwritten notetaking as well as PDF annotation. This makes it an alternative based on featureset.

    • MrWriter_PDF is Free and Open SourceGoodNotes is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. MrWriter icon
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    Notetaking and blackboard replacement application. Inspired by Xournal. Written in C++/Qt for Linux / Windows / Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Rhyolite icon
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    Rhyolite is a simple markdown editor build using tauri framework that allows user to edit and work on markdown files.

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    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. gournal icon
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    Gournal is a note-taking application written for usage on Tablet-PCs (such as the Toshiba M200)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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