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.
Windows Notebooks
The Notebooks we recommend, filtered to Windows. 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.
Anytype
A local-first, end-to-end encrypted knowledge base and note-taking app with peer-to-peer sync, built as a privacy-respecting alternative to Notion.
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.
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.