awesome-desktop-notes
github.com/arkydon/awesome-desktop-notes ↗An awesome list of note taking applications on desktop.
Use this list with your AI agent
Add the Context Awesome MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client, then ask:
"Show me ↑ freemium resources from awesome-desktop-notes"
Installation instructions →What's inside
↑ Freemium
- Appflowy
Bring projects, wikis, and teams together with AI. AppFlowy is the AI collaborative workspace where you achieve more without losing control of your data. The leading open source Notion alternative.
- Cinta Notes
Full text search, Notebooks
- DEVONthink
Mac or iPhone app with lots of features that can handle many files.
- Evernote
An (online) app designed for note-taking, organizing, task management, and archiving of different formats.
- HackMD
HackMD helps developers write better documents and build active communities with open collaboration.
- inkdrop
An (online) app for organizing Markdown notes.
↑ Free
- Athens
knowledge graph for research and notetaking. Athens is open-source, private, extensible, and community-driven. (No longer maintained)
- Calculist
the open source thinking tool for problem solvers.
- Cherrytree
A hierarchical note-taking app, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting.
- CodiMD
Realtime collaborative markdown notes.
- Dendron
Local-first, markdown based, hierarchical built on top of VSCode and friends.
- Foam
Personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub.
Showing a sample of 45 resources. View the full list on GitHub →