Standard Notes Alternatives

Standard Notes is described as 'An end-to-end encrypted note-taking by Proton. Offline access, unlimited sync across devices, tagging, passcode and biometric security, plus advanced premium privacy features' and is a leading Note-taking tool in the security & privacy category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Standard Notes for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Web-based, Windows, Android and Linux apps. The best Standard Notes alternative is Obsidian, which is free. Other great apps like Standard Notes are Joplin, Logseq, Anytype and Notion.

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  1. acreom icon
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    acreom is an actionable personal knowledge base for developers. It helps developers ship faster by centralizing personal and team context in one place.

    131 acreom alternatives

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  2. Mimiri Notes icon
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    Secure device-synced notepad using AES-GCM-256 encryption to protect confidential data. Features include a tree-structure for note organization, historical changes tracking, and collaboration options. Supports all major platforms with cloud sync and offline access.

    106 Mimiri Notes alternatives

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    • Snapcraft
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
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    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  3. WriteOn icon
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    Simple Notes Jetpack Compose - Clean, intuitive note-taking open source app.

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  4. Silverbullet icon
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    Silver Bullet is an extensible, open source, personal knowledge management system. Indeed, that’s fancy talk for “a note-taking app with links.” However, Silver Bullet goes a bit beyond just that.

    85 Silverbullet alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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  5. Lumen AI icon
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    Minimalist productivity platform offers centralized notes, task management, meeting capture with audio summaries, inbox processing, and Markdown editing, all enhanced by AI prioritization, custom prompts, backlinks, and flexible workflows, supporting multiple methodologies.

    83 Lumen AI alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  6. VNote icon
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    A Vim-inspired note-taking application that knows programmers and Markdown better.

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    • Flathub
     
  7. FSNotes icon
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    Supports open formats like plain text, Markdown, RTF, stores notes on disk, offers live sync with external editors, iCloud Drive and Dropbox sync, elastic pane views, fast search, tagging, markdown preview, code highlighting, and robust multi-folder management.

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    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
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  8. NoteKit icon
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    This program is a structured notetaking application based on GTK+ 3. Write your notes in instantly-formatted Markdown, organise them in a tree of folders that can be instantly navigated from within the program, and add hand-drawn notes by mouse, touchscreen or digitiser.

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    • Windows
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  9. Zen Notes icon
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    ZenNotes is a keyboard-first Markdown notes app with a shared product core and multiple runtimes:

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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  10. PrivateNotes icon
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    PrivateNotes (formerly Exocortex) is an encrypted note-taking app designed for networked thought. It allows you to link ideas together, creating a web of interconnected notes that mimic how your mind works.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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  11. Octarine icon
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    Octarine is a fast, lightweight tool for writing, planning, and organizing — in Markdown that stays yours.

    33 Octarine alternatives

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    • Freemium
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  12. Inkdrop icon
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    The note-taking app with robust Markdown editor, supporting macOS, Windows, and Linux. This app is designed to be the most convenient way to make notes in Markdown for your daily hacking.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
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