Notes & knowledge
Take notes, build a team wiki and find what you wrote down last year. 57 apps.
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- Memos
Knowledge base that works with a SQLite db file.
- Joplin
Note taking application with markdown editor and encryption support for mobile and desktop platforms. Runs client-side and syncs through a self hosted Nextcloud instance or similar (alternative to Evernote).
- SiYuan
A privacy-first personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang.
- Outline
Extensible wiki for your team.
- TriliumNext Notes
Cross-platform hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases (fork of Trilium Notes).
- Wiki.js
Modern, lightweight and powerful wiki app using Git and Markdown.
- docmost Community Edition
Collaborative wiki and documentation software (alternative to Confluence, Notion).
- Overleaf
Web-based collaborative LaTeX editor.
- Docs
Collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales.
- Blinko
A personal note tool with AI features.
- draw.io
Diagram software for making flowcharts, process diagrams, org charts, UML, ER and network diagrams.
- TiddlyWiki
Reusable non-linear personal web notebook.
- HedgeDoc
Realtime collaborative markdown notes on all platforms, formerly known as CodiMD and HackMD CE.
- Standard Notes
Simple and private notes app. Protect your privacy while getting more done. That's Standard Notes.
- SilverBullet
Note-taking application optimized for people with a hacker mindset.
- Livebook
Realtime collaborative notebook app based on Markdown that supports running Elixir code snippets, TeX and Mermaid Diagrams. Easily deployed using Docker or Elixir.
- Dokuwiki
Easy to use, lightweight, standards-compliant wiki engine with a simple syntax allowing reading the data outside the wiki. All data is stored in plain text files, therefore no database is required.
- flatnotes
Database-less note-taking web app that utilises a flat folder of markdown files for storage.
- Raneto
Knowledgebase platform that uses static Markdown files.
- NoteDiscovery
Markdown note-taking app with plain-file storage, graph view, and MCP integration (alternative to Obsidian, Notion).
- Aleph
Tool for indexing large amounts of both documents (PDF, Word, HTML) and structured (CSV, XLS, SQL) data for easy browsing and search. It is built with investigative reporting as a primary use case.
- Documize
Modern Docs + Wiki software with built-in workflow, single binary executable, just bring MySQL/Percona.
- Gitit
Wiki program that stores pages and uploaded files in a git repository, which can then be modified using the VCS command line tools or the wiki's web interface.
- Zim
Graphical text editor used to maintain a collection of wiki pages. Each page can contain links to other pages, simple formatting and images.
- Jotty
Lightweight but powerful alternative for managing your personal, file based, notes and checklists.
- django-wiki
Wiki system with complex functionality for simple integration and a superb interface. Store your knowledge with style: Use django models.
- Atomic Server
Knowledge graph database with documents (similar to Notion), tables, search, and a powerful linked data API. Lightweight, very fast and no runtime dependencies.
- Otter Wiki
Simple, easy to use wiki software using markdown.
- XWiki
Second generation wiki that allows the user to extend its functionalities with a powerful extension-based architecture.
- bewCloud
File sharing + sync, notes, and photos (alternative to Nextcloud and ownCloud's RSS reader).
- LeafWiki
A fast wiki for people who think in folders, not feeds. Fast editing. Tree navigation. Markdown on disk.
- Writing
Lightweight distraction-free text editor, in the browser (Markdown and LaTeX supported). No lag when writing.
- Many Notes
Markdown note-taking web application designed for simplicity.
- Note Mark
Minimal web-based Markdown notes app.
- Marmot
Data catalog for discovering and organizing data assets across your stack, including databases, APIs, message queues, and pipelines.
- Wiki-Go
A modern, feature-rich, databaseless flat-file wiki platform.
- WikiDocs
A databaseless markdown flat-file wiki engine.
- TeamMapper
Host and create your own mindmaps. Share your mindmap sessions with your team and collaborate live on mindmaps.
- DailyTxT
Encrypted diary Web application to save your personal memories of each day. Includes a search function and encrypted file upload.
- Plainpad
Modern note taking application for the cloud, utilizing the best features of progressive web apps technology.
- AmuseWiki
Amusewiki is based on the Emacs Muse markup, remaining mostly compatible with the original implementation. It can work as a read-only site, as a moderated wiki, or as a fully open wiki or even as a private site.
- plumio
Markdown notes taking app with live preview, document encryption, multi-user support, multi-organization capabilities and more.
- Tiki
Wiki CMS Groupware with the most built-in features.
- LibreKB
Web-based knowledge base solution. A simple web app, it runs on pretty much any web server or hosting provider with PHP and MySQL.
- W
Lightweight, mutli-user, flat-file-database Wiki engine. Create pages quickly and edit them in your Web browser using Mardown/HTML/CSS/JS. The main difference with other wiki is that you are encouraged to customize each page style individually.
- WackoWiki
WackoWiki is a light and easy to install multilingual Wiki-engine.
- Neverkin
Collaborative writing, worldbuilding and D&D-session-planning app. Tools for organizing your notes and stories.
- memEx
Structured personal knowledge base, inspired by zettlekasten and org-mode.
- BookStack
Organize and store information. Stores documentation in a book like fashion.
- Digimindmap
Create simple mindmaps (documentation in French).
- Feather Wiki
A lightning fast and infinitely extensible tool for creating personal non-linear notebooks, databases, and wikis that is entirely self-contained, runs in your browser, and is only 58 kilobytes in size.
- Mediawiki
Wiki software package that powers Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects, serving hundreds of millions of users each month.
- PmWiki
Wiki-based system for collaborative creation and maintenance of websites.
- QST
Online assessment software. From a quick quiz on your phone to large scale, high stakes, proctored desktop testing, easy, secure and economical.
- Turtl
Totally private personal database and note taking app.
- WiKiss
Wiki, simple to use and install.
- Wiznote
Manage your knowledge in documents with folders, markdown, full text search and webpage collection support.