10 Best Open Source Note-Taking Apps for Linux

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Joplin

It also supports alarms (notifications) for to-dos, End-To-End Encryption (E2EE) for security, allows for saving web pages and screenshots as notes using the web clipper extension available in Firefox and Chrome web browsers, and supports synchronization with cloud or file storage services such as services including Joplin Cloud, Dropbox, and OneDrive.

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Simplenote

Second, on the list is Simplenote. As the name implies, it is a simple if not the simplest way to keep all your notes on Linux systems, Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android as well as a web browser. It is free, open-source, supports tags, and sharable to-do lists, and comes with mark-down support. It syncs all your notes across devices and allows you to publish notes online.

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Boostnote

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Standard Notes

Standard Notes enables you to capture actions with note types (markdown test, plain text, tasks, to-dos, code, spreadsheets, and more). It also features smart views, nested folders, an authenticator, password protection, passcode, face ID, and fingerprint locking. It also supports data import and export and comes standard with sync to all devices and end-to-end encryption.

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Trilium Notes

Trilium Notes features fast and easy navigation between notes with full-text search and note hoisting, relation maps, link maps for visualizing notes and their relations, and a touch-optimized user interface for mobile and tablets. Also, it comes with powerful single-note encryption.

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TagSpaces

Designed primarily as a privacy-aware, cross-platform file browser, TagSpaces also offers note-taking capabilities. It’s free and open-source and works on Linux systems, Windows, MacOS, and Android. As the name implies, it assists you to organize your files and folders with tags and colors.

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CherryTree

CherryTree is another free, open-source hierarchical note-taking application that works on Linux systems, Windows as well as MacOS. It features rich text and syntax highlighting, multi-language support, and storing data in a single XML or SQLite file.

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Notable App

Notable is a portable, powerful, markdown-based free and open-source note-taking app that works on Linux systems (at the time of writing). It features Zen mode, multi-note editor, split editor, supports tags, import and export functionalities, attachments, to-dos, code blocks with syntax highlighting, and more.

#Notes #Note Taking #Todos 33 social mentions

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QOwnNotes

QOwnNotes is also a free and open-source, cross-platform plain-text file markdown note-taking application that comes with Nextcloud/ownCloud integration. It is a native app optimized for speed and has a small CPU and memory footprint. It supports sync services such as Nextcloud to sync notes across devices. It runs on Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, and MacOS.

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Laverna

Built to be an open-source alternative to Evernote, Laverna is a cross-platform note-taking application with a markdown editor and encryption support.

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