C++ note-taking

Open-source C++ projects categorized as note-taking

Top 9 C++ note-taking Projects

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  1. vnote

    A pleasant note-taking platform in native C++.

  2. Nutrient

    Nutrient - The #1 PDF SDK Library. Bad PDFs = bad UX. Slow load times, broken annotations, clunky UX frustrates users. Nutrient’s PDF SDKs gives seamless document experiences, fast rendering, annotations, real-time collaboration, 100+ features. Used by 10K+ devs, serving ~half a billion users worldwide. Explore the SDK for free.

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  3. QOwnNotes

    QOwnNotes is a plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with Markdown support and Nextcloud / ownCloud integration.

    Project mention: Ask HN: FOSS notes offline app with navigation tree, ideally cross platform? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-05-04
  4. notes

    Fast and beautiful note-taking app written in C++. Write down your thoughts.

    Project mention: App Should Have Been a Website (and Probably Your Game Too) | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-12-31

    Hi there! Yes, I will switch to a more distinctive icon in the future once I can afford to hire a new designer.

    Multiplayer was quoting the correct reason. I also exeplained more about the timeline here: https://github.com/nuttyartist/notes/issues/690#issuecomment...

    Tldr: The FOSS version earned a stable revenue through Google Ads placed on the website, since the website ranked high on Google searches. Two years ago, that changed since the website got de-ranked, so I created a different, proprietary version of the app based on the FOSS version but with a totally revamped block editor that I wrote from scratch - that I worked on full-time for a whole 1 year.

  5. treesheets

    TreeSheets : Free Form Data Organizer (see strlen.com/treesheets)

  6. Heimer

    Heimer is a simple cross-platform mind map, diagram, and note-taking tool written in Qt.

  7. nixnote2

    Nixnote - Evernote desktop client for Linux (by robert7)

  8. quentier

    Cross-platform desktop Evernote client

  9. CodeRabbit

    CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.

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  10. daino-notes-public

    Write beautifully. Effortlessly. A note-taking app written in Qt C++ and QML.

    Project mention: Servo in 2024: stats, features and donations | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-05
  11. nanonote

    A minimalist note taking application

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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  • QOwnNotes

    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Dec 2023
  • KleverNotes - A simple markdown note taking app using Kirigami

    4 projects | /r/kde | 18 Feb 2023
  • Note taking app written in C++ - an alternative to all those Electron memory-eaters

    12 projects | /r/linux | 16 Sep 2022
  • Does vnote consume a near about a gigabyte of memory, or I am doing something wrong?

    1 project | /r/opensource | 30 Jul 2022
  • GitHub – vnotex/vnote: A pleasant note-taking platform

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Nov 2021
  • It's time to accept the fact that Notion will never give us an offline mode. Let's start looking for alternatives.

    1 project | /r/Notion | 4 Mar 2021
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Index

What are some of the best open-source note-taking projects in C++? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 vnote 12,111
2 QOwnNotes 4,831
3 notes 3,912
4 treesheets 2,700
5 Heimer 914
6 nixnote2 296
7 quentier 136
8 daino-notes-public 60
9 nanonote 59

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