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Note-Taking

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Digital notes, personal knowledge management, and second brain tools

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All Note-Taking Tools
Additor

Additor

Networked wiki for remote teams

AFFiNE

AFFiNE

Open-source all-in-one workspace for docs, whiteboards, and databases

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Anytype

Local-first, open-source workspace for notes, tasks, and knowledge

AppFlowy

AppFlowy

Privacy-first open-source workspace with local AI and complete data ownership

Bangle.io

Bangle.io

Web-based WYSIWYG note-taking with local Markdown storage

Cosense

Cosense

Team knowledge wiki with instant linking and real-time collaboration

Dendron

Dendron

Hierarchical Knowledge Management for Developers

Infinity Maps

Infinity Maps

Whiteboard meets wiki — infinitely zoomable visual knowledge maps

Joplin

Joplin

Free, open-source note-taking and to-do app with end-to-end encryption

Kosmik

Kosmik

Visual infinite canvas workspace with built-in browser and AI auto-tagging

Limitless

Limitless

AI-powered personal memory assistant that captures and recalls everything from your meetings

Logseq

Logseq

A privacy-first, open-source knowledge base

MeetGeek

MeetGeek

AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, summarizes, and acts on insights from every call

Mem

Mem

Your AI thought partner for effortless note-taking

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Memex

Save, annotate, and resurface everything you read online with AI-powered search

Notabase

Notabase

A powerful and easy-to-use note-taking app for networked thinking

NotebookLM

NotebookLM

Your AI research tool and thinking partner

Notesnook

Notesnook

The private workspace for your life

Notion

Notion

The connected workspace for docs, wikis, and projects

Notion AI

Notion AI

All-in-one workspace with built-in AI for docs, wikis, projects, and custom agents

Obsidian

Obsidian

Sharpen your thinking

Open Notebook

Open Notebook

Open-source, privacy-first AI research notebook you can self-host

Recall

Recall

AI-powered knowledge base for everything you read and watch

Roam Research

Roam Research

A note-taking tool for networked thought

SiYuan

SiYuan

Privacy-first personal knowledge management system

SNote

SNote

Privacy-focused encrypted workspace for notes, files, and collaboration

StackEdit

StackEdit

In-browser Markdown editor

Trilium Notes

Trilium Notes

Build your personal knowledge base with hierarchical notes