Alternatives

Products that do what AS Notes does

Turn your IDE into a personal knowledge management system

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   VNote▲78

   A Vim-inspired note-taking application with Markdown

   2018

2. 2
   NerdyNotes▲176

   Markdown note taking app for developers

   2025

3. 3
   Contexted▲107

   Write, connect & visualize your notes

   2019

4. 4
   there▲233

   The AI word editor — notes, docs, emails & tracking with AI

   2025

5. 5
   Browser Notes▲128

   Your ideas, organized - not uploaded

   Jul 2026 · browsernotes.xyz

6. 6
   NoteThisDown▲162

   Handwritten notes to Notion

   2024

7. 7
   Draft by Slite▲324

   Turn your Chrome tabs into a sleek editor 📝

   2020

8. 8
   Notation▲110

   Documentation tooling for engineers

   2024

9. 9
   Znote▲135

   Transform your notes into powerful actions

   2024

10. 10
    Flowershow▲174

    Publish your markdown as a beautiful website – in seconds.

    Mar 2026 · flowershow.app

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    Notation▲190

    The notepad that is always just one keystroke away 📝

    2019

12. 12
    KristNotes▲86

    Open-source shared notes with Markdown & Mermaid support

    Sep 2025

13. 13
    note.md▲243

    Local-first markdown based workspace for research writings

    May 2026 · notemd.org

14. 14
    RexPad▲86

    Nimble collaborative note-taking.

    2018

15. 15
    Linky Notes▲176

    Create rich, interconnected notes with blocks

    2024

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    NotesHub 3.3▲135

    Fully cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app

    2024

17. 17
    SpeedNote AI▲211

    Convert your typo-riddled mess into clear notes

    2024

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    NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app▲147

    Thank you for your comments, just some context: - The app is available for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Apple Vision Pro, and the Web. - The Web version is implemented as a Progressive Web Application that is very responsive, local first, offline first, can be installed, and is entirely free to use. - Native (hybrid) versions do not require subscription fees and have small one-time payment. - You can store your notes in Git using any Git provider such as GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket. However, it has the best built-in integration with GitHub. Self-hosted scenarios like Gitea are also…

    2024 · about.noteshub.app

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    Grug Notes, a simple take on text notes▲100

    Hey hacker news, I've worked on a note/wiki app nights and weekends for almost two years. While still missing some essentials and polish, I'm happy with the progress and some of my use cases: personal CRM, work notes, and a place to write/record funny things my kid says. I bought into the hype a few years ago with linking apps but quickly grew tired of spinners and steep learning curves, so I started over with a text box and my HTML skills from twenty years ago. Then Chatgpt came out, giving me the tools to add a bit of magic and dig into my stance on simplicity even more. I'd love…

    2024 · grugnotes.com

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    Markdown Editor▲76

    Writing Github readme's and markdown easier

    2018

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    Audio Notes AI▲164

    Turn chaotic ideas into practical notes

    2023

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    Caspian Notes▲2

    A Markdown notes library for developers — visually browsed

    Apr 2026 · marketplace.visualstudio.com

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    As Notes – A Static Site Generator in Your Markdown Knowledgebase▲7

    AS Notes helps you to publish your notes to a static site in the same way that you might use Jekyll, Hugo, Eleventy or Docusaurus, but from your existing markdown notes knowledge base and from within VS Code.

    Mar 2026 · blog.asnotes.io

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    NoteTabs▲129

    Native macOS text editor with horizontal tabs & auto-restore

    Jan 2026

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