Evernote alternatives

6 open source tools you can use instead of Evernote

The most-starred open source alternative to Evernote is Joplin. Other notable options: Paperless-ngx, Trilium Notes, Notesnook, VNote. All of them are free to download and most can run on your own server.

Joplin57.1k

laurent22/joplin

Privacy-focused open source note-taking app with end-to-end encrypted sync for desktop and mobile.

Alternative to: Evernote

LicenseOpen source

CategoryProductivity & Notes

LanguageTypeScript

Last updatetoday

PlatformsWindowsMacLinuxAndroidiPhone

Paperless-ngx47.7k

paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx

Document management system that scans, indexes and archives your papers for easy search.

Alternative to: Evernote, Google Drive

LicenseOpen sourceGPL-3.0

CategoryProductivity & NotesSelf-hosted

LanguagePython

Last updatetoday

PlatformsWebDocker

Trilium Notes38.7k

TriliumNext/Trilium

Hierarchical note taking app for building a large personal knowledge base.

Alternative to: Notion, Evernote

LicenseOpen sourceAGPL-3.0

CategoryProductivity & NotesSelf-hosted

LanguageTypeScript

Last updatetoday

PlatformsWindowsMacLinuxWebDocker

Notesnook14.9k

streetwriters/notesnook

Open source, end-to-end encrypted note taking app available on all major platforms.

Alternative to: Evernote, Notion

LicenseOpen sourceGPL-3.0

CategoryProductivity & NotesSelf-hosted

LanguageTypeScript

Last updatetoday

PlatformsWindowsMacLinuxWebAndroidiPhone

VNote13k

vnotex/vnote

Note-taking app focused on Markdown and mind maps with native speed

Alternative to: Evernote, Notion

LicenseOpen sourceLGPL-3.0

CategoryProductivity & Notes

LanguageC++

Last updatetoday

PlatformsWindowsMacLinux

NoteGen13k

codexu/note-gen

Local-first Markdown app that captures scattered notes first and organizes them later with AI

Alternative to: Notion, Evernote

LicenseOpen sourceGPL-3.0

CategoryProductivity & Notes

LanguageTypeScript

Last update1 days ago

PlatformsWindowsMacLinux