Open-source alternative to Microsoft OneNote?

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  • Trilium Notes

    Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes

  • I migrated to Trilium, and it's served me well as a hierarchical note taking software, plus it has other functionalities that were interesting to me, like scripting.

  • wikmd

    A file based wiki that uses markdown

  • You could try wikmd. It's file based and uses Markdown. Fully open-source!

  • 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.

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  • OpenNote

    OpenNote was built to be an open web-based alternative to Microsoft OneNote (T) and EverNote.

  • OpenNote markets itself as an alternative to OneNote, tho I haven't used it myself.

  • Joplin

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

  • Then there's Joplin, which is more like Evernote.

  • Etherpad

    Etherpad: A modern really-real-time collaborative document editor.

  • Also, I've always enjoyed etherpad, because of the real-time save/versioning feature.

  • github-orgmode-tests

    This is a test project where you can explore how github interprets Org-mode files

  • You might like org-mode. It is very extensive in features: https://orgmode.org/

  • zim-desktop-wiki

    Main repository of the zim desktop wiki project

  • I don't know OneNote. But I use https://zim-wiki.org/ for years, good plugins like source code, export, git integration and attachments

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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