Obsidian Alternatives

Obsidian is described as 'Note-taking app that lets you create a personal knowledge graph with ease. It is designed for non-linear thinking and allows you to easily link your notes together wiki-style' and is a leading Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Obsidian for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Windows, Linux and Android apps. The best Obsidian alternative is Logseq, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Obsidian are Zettlr, Joplin, Anytype and sNotes – Students Notes.

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Obsidian alternatives are mainly Note-taking Tools, but if you're looking for Todo List Managers or Task Management Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Self-Hosted, Free + Ad-free + No Tracking + Privacy focused, Android + Open Source, Windows, Linux and Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Obsidian.
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  1. Cotoami icon
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    Cotoami is a note-taking application that helps your personal and team knowledge naturally evolve into a concept-based knowledge base. It's a standalone, cross-platform application with offline support.

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  2. WeNote icon
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    WeNote is simple and easy to use. You can create color notes, to-do lists, reminders and calendar quickly.

    65 WeNote alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
     
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    A note taking application isn't the same as a knowledge management application, even if both allow you to take notes.

    • WeNote is Freemium and ProprietaryObsidian is also Freemium and Proprietary
  3. Citronote icon
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    Citronote is a note-taking application for Windows that allows you to create Markdown, Scrap, ToDo, and Plaintext notes.

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    • Windows
     
  4. Notes (PFA) icon
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    Privacy Friendly Notes allows you to take and manage notes on Android devices. It belongs to the Privacy Friendly Apps group developed by the research group SECUSO at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. More information can be found an secuso.org/pfa

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    • F-Droid
    • Android
     
  5. FoxyNotes icon
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    Simple and easy-to-use notepad app designed to make your life easier. Whether you're jotting down quick notes, creating to do lists, drawing, or organizing your ideas, FoxyNotes has you covered. Plus, with seamless Google Drive sync and backup, your notes are always safe and...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows
     
  6. Railnote icon
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    Railnote puts your tasks, notes, bookmarks and habits in one clean feed. Capture anything instantly with Quick Capture. Focus on what matters with Today View. AI helps you write, search and organize your content. Simple enough to use daily, capable enough to replace four apps.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Simple, local, material design notes.

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  8. Lokus icon
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    A modern, intuitive note-taking app with powerful editing capabilities, database views, AI integration, and fast search.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  9. PeekMark icon
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    A native, local-first Markdown viewer and workspace for macOS with Finder Quick Look, Mermaid and Math rendering, plus optional workspaces, full-text search, backlinks, knowledge graph and export.

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    • Mac
     
  10. PenPage icon
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    PenPage is a free, open-source, privacy-focused note-taking application that stores your notes locally in your browser. No sign-up required — open the app and start writing.

    3 PenPage alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. smasi icon
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    Local and personal wiki for easily recording work descriptions, experience reports, checklists, and your knowledge.

    14 smasi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Chrome OS
     
  12. Sigilla icon
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    Sigilla is a source-backed research workspace for turning web sources into reusable evidence and output. Save articles and research, highlight important passages while preserving their original context, retrieve them later with search, and turn the material into Citation Packs...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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