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QOwnNotes

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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.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux  software repositories available for Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, Arch, Debian and Gentoo
  • Flathub
  • PortableApps.com
  • Qt  Qt 5.3+ required
QOwnNotes main screen vertical layout
QOwnNotes todo list manager
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4.5 / 5 Avg rating (15)
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11comments
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Support for Themes
  3.  Lightweight
  4.  Configurable

Features

  1.  Support for MarkDown
  2.  Local Storage
  3.  Plain text file
  4.  Tagging
  5. Nextcloud icon  Nextcloud integration
  6.  End-to-End Encryption
  7.  Syntax Highlighting
  8.  Subtasks
  9.  No Tracking
  10.  Dark Mode
  11.  Ad-free
  12.  Synchronization
  13.  Tag based
  14. ownCloud icon  Owncloud integration
  15. Apple Calendar icon  iCal integration
  16.  Hostable

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QOwnNotes information

  • Developed by

    Patrizio Bekerle

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.5 (15 ratings)

  • Alternatives

    233 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

Office & Productivity, Backup & Sync, Security & Privacy

GitHub repository

  •  4,951 Stars
  •  431 Forks
  •  156 Open Issues
  •   Updated Apr 13, 2025 
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Our users have written 11 comments and reviews about QOwnNotes, and it has gotten 93 likes

QOwnNotes was added to AlternativeTo by pbek on Jan 11, 2015 and this page was last updated Feb 16, 2023.

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Comment summary: Users appreciate QOwnNotes for its cross-platform functionality and ability to sync markdown notes with cloud services like OwnCloud and NextCloud. It's praised as a versatile and extensible knowledge management solution with an active community. However, some users note performance issues, such as slow startup and lag during text editing. Despite the absence of mobile apps, many find it a powerful alternative to traditional note-taking applications, especially for users who value privacy and open-source software.
Top Positive Comment
filipmakowski
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•Sep 2, 2017
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QOwnNotes serves as my personal wiki. I am using that app on daily basis and it's awesome. It gives you the possibility to cut the functionality to bare minimum so you're not overhelmed, and then build your way up to complex usage with note subdirectories, tags, scripts and stuff. Recommending with all my heart.

HumanistAtypik
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•Sep 17, 2024
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It is eye catching.

hra72
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•Sep 13, 2024
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Leightweight, but somewhat cumbersome. No mobile apps.

Ituaf
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•Nov 25, 2023
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Insanely underappreciated note taking application. It also works fantastically when used simply as a markdown editor.

Vladimir Studinsky
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•Oct 29, 2020
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OpenSource, Written in C ++, Sync with OwnCloud

marcinkurzeja
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•Sep 6, 2019
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Locally stored files with sync to cloud and encryptions options. Perfect!

danielriggins
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•Jan 17, 2019
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Does everything I need an Evernote alternative to do and more. So in love!

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What is 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 icon 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. Of course other software, like Dropbox, can be used too.

I like the concept of having notes accessible in plain text files, like it is done in the ownCloud notes app, to gain a maximum of freedom, but I was not able to find a decent desktop note taking tool or a text editor, that handles them well in conjunction with ownCloud.

Out of this need QOwnNotes was born.

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