Standard Notes
Free accounts come with a good set of features already, even in the long run if you are fine with plain text notes.
Open Source Notebooks
The Notebooks we recommend, filtered to Open Source. See all Notebooks →
Notesnook
Developers decided recently to open-source their application. Comes with a generous free version, rich text editor and import functionality from: Files (txt, html, and .md…
Joplin
Synchronize notes across devices, publish and collaboration are for paid subscriptions only.
Turtl
Free accounts come with storage of up to 50MB of note data and collaborate with 3 people each space.
Logseq
Not encrypted , but the server will never store or analyze your private notes. Your data are plain text files.
Memos
A lightweight self-hosted memo and note-taking app with a timeline-style interface, built on Go and SQLite, released under the MIT license.
Org-mode
A GNU Emacs major mode for keeping notes, managing to-do lists, planning projects, and authoring documents in plain text. Files are stored locally on Windows, Mac, and Linux; no account or cloud dependency required.