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HelixNotes

HelixNotes is a local markdown note-taking app built with Rust, Tauri 2.0, and SvelteKit. Your notes are standard .md files on your filesystem - sync with whatever you want or nothing at all.

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Cost / License

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android
  • F-Droid
5.0
Excellent5 ratings
21likes
4comments
0articles

Features

Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Support for Themes
  3.  Lightweight
  4.  Distraction-free

Features

  1.  No registration required
  2.  Works Offline
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  Dark Mode
  5.  Support for MarkDown
  6.  WYSIWYG Support
  7.  Full-Text Search
  8.  Built-in viewer
  9.  Calendar View
  10.  No Tracking
  11.  File Tagging
  12.  Hierarchical Structure
  13.  Cloud Sync
  14.  Live Preview
  15.  Syntax Highlighting
  16.  File Versioning
  17.  Automatic Backup
  18.  Subtasks
  19.  WebDAV Support
  20.  Integrated Search
  21.  Save as Markdown
  22.  Graph view
  23.  Multiplatform
  24.  Text search feature
  25.  Search by tags
  26.  Export to PDF
  27.  Note organization
  28.  Offline
  29.  Hyperlinks
  30.  Graphs
  31.  Tagging
  32.  WebDAV Sync
  33.  Local Storage
  34.  Bidirectional links
  35.  Nested Folders
  36.  Focus Mode
  37.  Wiki

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
HealthAndWealth
1

Great app if you want a local way to store Markdown documents. It could use some QoL improvements, but overall it looks great and works well.

r3tr0g4m3r
0

Best FOSS alternative to Obsidian, even imports directly.

Davi-Jorge
1

What us all want : File based , simple and beautiful.

davi-jorge-arte
1

It's the best note taking app that I've found after years ! Use Syncthing and that is it : Future proof cross-platform note taking ! And it's beautiful ! Go out of Joplin !

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What is HelixNotes?

HelixNotes is a local markdown note-taking app built with Rust, Tauri 2.0, and SvelteKit. Your notes are standard .md files on your filesystem - sync with whatever you want or nothing at all.

Features: rich markdown editor with formatting toolbar and slash commands, full-text search powered by Tantivy, graph view for visualizing note connections via wiki-links, AI writing tools (bring your own Anthropic or OpenAI key), per-note version history with diff view, dark/light themes with 8 accent colors, and more.

Available for Linux (AppImage, APT, AUR), Windows, and macOS. Open source, AGPL-3.0.

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HelixNotes information

  • Developed by

    Yuri Karamian
  • Licensing

    Open Source (AGPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 5
  • Alternatives

    147 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about HelixNotes, and it has gotten 21 likes

HelixNotes was added to AlternativeTo by Yuri Karamian on and this page was last updated .