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Open source alternatives to Evernote

Note-taking app with notebooks, web clipping, and OCR. · Bending Spoons S.p.A.

Pricing: Free for 50 notes; paid from $14.99/mo

Evernote is the legacy default for personal note-taking. The open-source replacements in 2026 are Joplin (Markdown-first, Evernote-like notebooks), Logseq (outliner + graph), Trilium (hierarchical notes, single-binary), and Obsidian (file-based, with community plugins). Joplin is the most direct Evernote replacement; Trilium is the right pick for self-hosters who want a single binary and a graph view.

The 3 candidates, ranked by PopScore

  1. #01laurent22/joplin

    Open-source note-taking with Markdown, notebooks, and end-to-end encryption. The most direct Evernote replacement in 2026.

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  2. #02zadam/trilium

    Hierarchical note-taking application with a graph view. The right pick for self-hosters who want a single binary and rich scripting.

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  3. #03logseq/logseq

    Local-first outliner with a knowledge graph. The right pick for Roam-style block-level PKM.

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