Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to AS Notes

Turn your IDE into a personal knowledge management system

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   VNote▲78

   A Vim-inspired note-taking application with Markdown

   2018 · tamlok.github.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Uselink▲154

   Paste Markdown, HTML, or AI-generated drafts. Get a clean public URL with live edits, threaded comments, and version history. No deploy, no sign-in wall.

   Jun 2026 · uselink.app · its alternatives →

3. 3
   NerdyNotes▲176

   Markdown note taking app for developers

   2025 · nerdynotes.app · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Crossnote – a note taking extension for VSCode▲97

   (WIP) Turn your VSCode into a decent markdown note taking platform - 0xGG/vscode-crossnote

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Contexted▲107

   Write, connect & visualize your notes

   2019 · contexted.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   there▲233

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

   2025 · there.do · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Browser Notes▲128

   Your ideas, organized - not uploaded

   Jul 2026 · browsernotes.xyz · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Notation▲110

   Documentation tooling for engineers

   2024 · notation.so · its alternatives →

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   Turn a markdown document into an interactive tutorial▲148

   2016 · stacktile.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    ReadmeStack▲99

    Free Markdown web editor synchronized with GitHub

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    NoteThisDown▲162

    Your handwritten notes straight to Notion. In seconds.

    2024 · note-this-down.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    KristNotes▲86

    Open-source shared notes with Markdown & Mermaid support

    2025 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    RexPad▲86

    Nimble collaborative note-taking.

    2018 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    NotesHub 3.3▲135

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

    2024 · about.noteshub.app · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Notes▲63

    Managing notes made easy.

    2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Tab Notes▲74

    Make notes on the browser new tab like articles

    2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Markdown Editor▲76

    Writing Github readme's and markdown easier

    2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Notes OS▲85

    Effortlessly organise your courses, assessments and tasks

    2023 · notesbyhugh.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    Caspian Notes▲2

    A Markdown notes library for developers — visually browsed

    Apr 2026 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

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    Stashany▲76

    Online notepad for developer

    2020 · its alternatives →

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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 · its alternatives →

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    Znote▲85

    Dev tool - from prototype to production in seconds

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Note it▲63

    Want to remember something, note it

    2022 · noteitpreview.netlify.app · its alternatives →

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    Inke▲92

    A markdown-like web editor with AI-powered

    2023 · inke.app · its alternatives →

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