A self-hosted, privacy-focused AI note-taking app for quickly capturing fleeting thoughts as Markdown cards with natural-language search.
11.1K789TypeScriptGPL-3.0Updated 2 months ago
5 alternatives
Best open-source alternatives to Evernote (2026)
Looking for a free, open-source alternative to Evernote? These 5 projects can replace it. Each one passed our quality screening and is explained in plain words, so you can compare stars, license and maintenance at a glance.
Quick comparison
| Project | Stars | License | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|
| blinkospace/blinko | ★ 11.1K | GPL-3.0 | 2 months ago |
| eikek/docspell | ★ 2.3K | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Beaver-Notes/Beaver-Notes | ★ 1.3K | MIT | 2 days ago |
| sheshbabu/zen | ★ 1.2K | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| timothepoznanski/poznote | ★ 939 | MIT | yesterday |
Self-hosted personal document management system that ingests scans, emails and other files, runs OCR, and helps tag and search them.
2.3K0ElmAGPL-3.0Updated 2 days ago
Local-first, markdown-based notes app for macOS, Windows, Linux, Android and iOS, with optional self-hosted or your-own-cloud sync.
1.3K0JavaScriptMITUpdated 2 days ago
A self-hosted notes app in a single Go binary, storing notes as Markdown files alongside a local SQLite database.
1.2K0JavaScriptAGPL-3.0Updated 2 days ago
Self-hosted, open-source note-taking app with rich text and Markdown notes, task lists, diary, and revisions, deployed via Docker.
9390JavaScriptMITUpdated yesterday
FAQ
- Is there a free, open-source alternative to Evernote?
- Yes. The most popular open-source alternatives to Evernote on Repolode are blinko, docspell, Beaver-Notes.
- Which Evernote alternative should I choose?
- blinko has the most GitHub stars and is released under GPL-3.0. Compare the license and last commit of each option in the table above before choosing.