Self hosted OneNote alternative

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  • BookStack

    A platform to create documentation/wiki content built with PHP & Laravel

  • obsidian-releases

    Community plugins list, theme list, and releases of Obsidian.

    Obsidian is my go to. Using the markdown format and you can easily sync it to a git repo with the free plugin or use Obsidian built-in sync.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  • Joplin

    Joplin - the secure note taking and to-do app with synchronisation capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

    Currently, I use Joplin. It works well enough, you can sync notes through a Cloud or Nextcloud, and they also have a Joplin server if you don't have Nextcloud and want a self-hosted solution. It's only in beta, but it works well enough for me. Plus, it's all in docker and easy to set up. But again, it's the closest app I managed to find to OneNote, but it's not nearly as versatile or featureful. It, too, uses Markdown. You might also want to take a look at this list, you might find something you like.

  • onenote-md-exporter

    ConsoleApp to export OneNote notebooks to Markdown formats

    By the way, I developed a tool to export OneNote notebook into Joplin export format or markdown format. Maybe it can help you to evaluate the different alternatives : https://github.com/alxnbl/onenote-md-exporter

  • focalboard

    Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.

    Have a look at FocalBoard its more like notion. No pen input AFAIK

  • Trilium Notes

    Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes

    https://github.com/zadam/trilium is the best one by far.

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