Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to GigaNotes
Modern open source cross platform note taking application
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. GigaNotes launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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ArcaNotes▲77Store, retrieve and organize your knowledge effortlessly
2023 · arcanotes.com · its alternatives →
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OpenNotas▲379The best personal note-taking app, fast, secure & free
2024 · opennotas.io · its alternatives →
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NuraNote▲117Develop, enhance, organize, encourage all with NuraNote
2024 · linkify-44026.web.app · its alternatives →
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Notea▲288Free self-hosted open source note taking app, like Notion
2021 · cinwell.com · its alternatives →
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If Apple Notes and ChatGPT had a baby
2024 · timeless.day · its alternatives →
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Welcome to the Collate Blog! As our first blog post, let’s kick things off with the...
2017 · collatenotes.com · its alternatives →
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NotesHub▲95Fully cross-platform, markdown based note-taking app
2021 · about.noteshub.app · its alternatives →
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NotesHub 3.3▲135Fully cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app
2024 · about.noteshub.app · its alternatives →
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NotesHub 3.0▲87Fully cross-platform, markdown-based note-taking app
2023 · about.noteshub.app · its alternatives →
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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 · its alternatives →
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Cross-platform desktop note-taking app. Sticky notes with Markdown and Tabs. All in one .txt file. - zonetti/zonote
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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MicroPad is a free non-linear note taking app that allows for easy organisation of all of your notes and notebooks.
2018 · getmicropad.com · its alternatives →
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NoteGPT▲216Your summary AI note taker for meetings, videos & everything
Dec 2025 · notegpt.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I want to share with you something I and my four colleagues have been working on for the last several years. It’s a whiteboarding and notes tool called Muse[1]. We just released a 2.0 version which includes local-first sync. A little backstory: I’m one of the authors of the 2019 essay Local-first software[2]. (Past HN discussions[3][4].) The thesis is to reclaim some of the ownership over our data that we’ve lost in the transition from filesystems to cloud/SaaS. So I’m excited to bring CRDT technology “out of the lab” and into a commercial product as a chance to prove the value…
2022 · museapp.com · its alternatives →
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Cimanote▲169The fast, clean note app Evernote used to be
Mar 2026 · cimanote.com · its alternatives →
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AI-enhanced, micro-note app for elevated productivity
2024 · arcanotes.com · its alternatives →
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