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SilverBullet

An open-source, fast, WYSIWYG, and free Progressive Web App (PWA) that supports Markdown, templates, queries, and cross-device synchronization. Incredible!

Ruslin

Fairly basic open-source app that is local first, fast, and supports Markdown including tables, folders, and 4 themes. A key feature is synchronization with Joplin Cloud.

ImapNotes3

ImapNotes3 is open-source, free, fast, with no ads, and supports WYSIWYG editing including tables and checklists, exporting to HTML, collapsable sections, tags, and 19 font colours.

TagSpaces

Add descriptions and colours to files and folders, geo-tag and bookmark files, save searches, Kanban, photo gallery, and Map view of files.

Quillpad

A fork of Quillnote, this one is also an open-source, free, fast note-taking app with support for Markdown, images, and Nextcloud sync!

Simplenote

Really good if you're looking for an Open-Source, fast, multi-platform, note-taking app that supports Markdown, has bi-directional sync, linking of notes, and a very cool change history.

Notepad by Braden Farmer

A really fast, free, no-frills and open-source text/Markdown note-taking app.

Noto

Noto is a minimal, free, open-source, and fast note-taking app but it does not have any Markdown support. The UI is clean and it uses a nice font which cannot be changed.

Diary by Bill Farmer

Diary is another great open-source app by retiree Bill Farmer. It has a ton of functionality including Markdown support, advanced features like tables and text highlighting, and best of all it's fast and free!

Writeily

Open-source, local-first Markdown note-taking app that is no longer being maintained unfortunately.

Notes by Bill Farmer and 1K subs!

Notes is a fast, local-first, free, open-source note-taking app that supports Markdown!

MarkNote

MarkNote is a local-first, open-source, Markdown app with a ton of functionality and all for free. You can back up and restore your files, synchronize them with OneDrive, and export them to PDF, HTML, or an image.

Logseq

Logseq is an open-source, local-first, block-based, outliner and task manager. It's fairly structured and notes and tasks are stored in a "graph". Notes can be linked together, you can record audio attachments, and include inline images which are all really nice features.

jtx Board

jtx Board is an Open-Source, standards-based app with calendar integration, Markdown-based notes, and tasks.

Notally

If you need a fast, simple, minimalistic, extremely functional, free and local-first note-taking app with a lot of export formats, then Notally is refreshing!

Notesnook

Notesnook is a privacy-first, zero-knowledge, open-source app that is well-designed and easy to use. It has almost every feature you could want in a note-taking app and then some.

Grafobook

Grafobook is very good considering it was built in 10 days. It's open-source and free but unfortunately it appears that the development was a one-time thing and there have been no changes for a year.

SilentNotes

SilentNotes is a great, fast, Open-Source, secure, text-only note taking app that supports Markdown and tags and has many public cloud or private sync options. If it had image and audio attachments and sharing options it would be near the top of my list. Screenshots Meta * Score: 7/10 * Version:

neutriNote

neutriNote is a great open-source and free note taking app that supports Markdown, export to PDF or HTML or Markdown, backup and restore, inline images, location, and more! The UI isn't as fancy as some other apps and there's no WYSIWYG editing but this is definitely a top-tier app with

Omni Notes

This is one of the best note taking apps that I've used and it runs on older versions of Android from 5 and up. I love that it's fast, it's open source, it's free, and it has no ads! All that plus it supports inline tags, colored categories, audio recordings,

Orgzly

Orgzly is a completely free and open-source note taking and to-do app with an incredible amount of customization and multiple synchronization options including Dropbox, WebDAV, or a directory. On the downside the app does not support image or audio attachments, is not extremely attractive, and is not that easy to

Standard Notes

A security and privacy first app with end-to-end encrypted sync across devices as part of the free plan, incredible! The flipside is that basic functions like text formatting and checkboxes are an upgrade. I love that it's open-source, has 30 days of change history on notes, is available on every

GitJournal

GitJournal is for more than Developers. It's a great open source app which is well designed and easy to use. It has a journal mode, linking of notes, Markdown support, inline images, fast search, and 11 languages. You can sync notes to github, Gitlab, Gitea, or self hosted which is

Joplin

A few folks online suggested that I review this app. It's open-source, has Markdown and inline image support, linking of notes, tons of sync options, as well as desktop, mobile, and Web apps. I couldn't figure out how to export from the Android app besides sharing the markdown version of

Markor, just use it

The Markor Android note taking app is incredible! No ads, completely local, Markdown support, audio recording, and tons of custom settings. A few usability issues but those are far outweighed by the functionality and endless customization. You can import markdown or other formats and then export to PDF, image, Markdown,