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24 alternatives to FOSS Notes

A collaborative platform for notes regarding FOSS

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. FOSS Notes launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Fosshub▲79

   An open source for free and open source tools

   2015 · fosshub.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Frankly▲101

   A dashboard of issues and PRs across GitHub repositories.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Laverna▲153

   An open source Evernote alternative

   2017 · laverna.cc · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Omniref▲145

   Sticky notes for code: annotation and code review for GitHub

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   postach.io▲88

   The Evernote Powered Blogging Platform

   2014 · postach.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Canvas▲324

   Notes for teams of nerds

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Nooot▲68

   Collaborative notes in your browser

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Paragraph Notes▲155

   A private Markdown notes app for Mac

   Sep 2026 · paragraphnotes.md · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hiro▲71

   Scrappy Notes with Friends (with semantic search)

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    git:logs▲176

    The definitive list of open source resources on Github

    2016 · franksohakune.com · its alternatives →

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    OctopusNote▲6

    Easily organize lots of information

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    F1000Workspace▲84

    Discover, annotate, write and share scientific research.

    2016 · sciwheel.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Programmar▲88

    A place for developers to read and write

    2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Mosaic▲161

    The app for ideas

    2015 · baronfig.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Curator▲95

    A visual notes app for iPad

    2014 · curator.co · its alternatives →

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    Glimpse▲70

    The Diagnostics platform of the web

    2015 · xcor.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    TeamNote▲91

    Slack for mobile workforces

    2015 · teamnote.ai · its alternatives →

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    Contentify▲70

    a real-time collaborative content manager on top of Github

    2014 · thyb.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Fossdroid▲85

    Free & open source Android applications

    2015 · fossdroid.com · its alternatives →

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    Quackpad▲139

    Collaborative docs for teams using Slack

    2015 · quackpad.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    NimbusFoundry▲59

    Framework for building front-end collaborative apps

    2014 · nimbusfoundry.com · its alternatives →

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    Boostnote▲164

    An open-source cross platform notes app 📝

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    NotesKey▲106

    Time travel through Apple's keynotes

    2016 · noteskey.com · its alternatives →

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    Limitless▲90

    A productivity companion for Chrome

    2013 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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