Alternatives

Products that do what FSNotes does

File system notes manager

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FSNotes 5 for iOS▲83
Notes manager to make your life easier
2022
2
FSNotes 5▲142
Notes manager and text editor for MacOS
2021
3
FSNotes v3▲79
Notes manager for macOS
2019
4
SideNotes 1.3▲259
Quick Notes on Screen Side
2021
5
MinkNote▲157
Private macOS notes built on plain Markdown files
Jul 2026
6
Boostnote▲164
An open-source cross platform notes app 📝
2019
7
NotePlan 3▲264
Native (Mac & iOS) note-taking based on local Markdown files
2020
8
NoteTabs▲129
Native macOS text editor with horizontal tabs & auto-restore
Jan 2026
9
PeekNote▲176
Lightweight always-on-top notes for devs & multitaskers
2025
10
Good Notes 5▲88
Note-Taking & PDF Markup
2022
11
Writer▲134
Beautiful, fast, native notes app with Markdown
2021
12
PopNotes▲96
The notes app that lives in the menu bar of your Mac
2020
13
Dumbnote▲141
Offline-first Markdown note app. No lock-in. Just write.
2025
14
Notea▲288
Free self-hosted open source note taking app, like Notion
2021
15
Standard Notes▲164
A simple and private notes app.
2017
16
AudioNotes▲185
Easily record and share audio messages from your Mac menubar
2017
17
Quick Note▲149
Colorful sticky notes for Mac
2024
18
Material Notes▲169
Simple no hassle notes app in a beautiful material design
2017
19
SideNotes▲290
Clean notes with superpowers on the side of your monitor
2019
20
Paperwork▲144
An open source Evernote alternative
2015
21
xNotes▲80
For those who browse and write notes a lot 📝
2018
22
KristNotes▲86
Open-source shared notes with Markdown & Mermaid support
Sep 2025
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Isonotes – Create notes in rich text format or markdown▲22
I have been building yet another note and document management site: https://isonotes.com/
2019 · isonotes.com
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SideNotes for iPhone and iPad▲110
Your quick notes with you
2022

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