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Top 12 Emacs Lisp note-taking Projects
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vulpea
Database layer for org-mode notes with async indexing, rich queries, backlink discovery, and external change detection. Scales to 100k+ notes.
Project mention: The Emacs Widget Library: A Critique and Case Study | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-14 -
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Project mention: Howm: Write Fragmentarily and Read Collectively | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-11
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SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
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emacs-zettelkasten
Simple zettelkasten mode for emacs. Mirror of https://sr.ht/~ymherklotz/emacs-zettelkasten/
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Project mention: Grove.el: an Obsidian-like note-taking mode for Emacs | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-04
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).
Emacs Lisp note-taking discussion
Emacs Lisp note-taking related posts
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Howm: Write Fragmentarily and Read Collectively
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I Deleted My Second Brain
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Ask HN: How do you maintain personal annotations for code you don't control?
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Howm: Personal Wiki for Emacs
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zettel2: Emacs helpers for note organization
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Recommended workflow for using org-roam to read source code and take notes?
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All files in one directory: How do you manage that?
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A note from our sponsor - AppSignal
www.appsignal.com | 7 Aug 2026
Index
What are some of the best open-source note-taking projects in Emacs Lisp? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | deft | 755 |
| 2 | org-remark | 533 |
| 3 | vulpea | 435 |
| 4 | org-media-note | 281 |
| 5 | howm | 232 |
| 6 | minemacs | 203 |
| 7 | notdeft | 178 |
| 8 | emacs-zettelkasten | 60 |
| 9 | notes-migrator | 36 |
| 10 | zettel2 | 9 |
| 11 | mwk.el | 8 |
| 12 | grove | 6 |
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