Alternatives

Products that do what Koala does

Free, open source and web based bear alternative.

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Notea▲288
Free self-hosted open source note taking app, like Notion
2021
2
NotesHub 3.3▲135
Fully cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app
2024
3
Bamboo▲114
Markdown notes with AI under your control
Jul 2026
4
Better Notes▲359
Simple notes app that ties notes together with #hashtags
2016
5
NotePlan 3▲264
Native (Mac & iOS) note-taking based on local Markdown files
2020
6
Ivory for Mac▲159
A magnificent app for Mastodon
2023
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Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub▲179
2017 · kobble.io
8
Cheetah Note▲111
A notes app that's more than just a word processor ✍️
2018
9
Kollate▲134
Bookmarking and note taking. For free.
2019
10
Notejoy▲352
Collaborative notes for you and your team
2017
11
Writer▲134
Beautiful, fast, native notes app with Markdown
2021
12
Tempad▲214
Subscription-Free, Synced & Secured Markdown Notes.
2017
13
UpNote▲161
The most pleasant app for writing and organizing notes
2020
14
Paperwork▲144
An open source Evernote alternative
2015
15
Boostnote▲164
An open-source cross platform notes app 📝
2019
16
Notabase▲124
Easy-to-use note-taking app for networked thinking
2021
17
Lemur Browser (Kiwi Alternative)▲33
Lemur Browser —Kiwi Alternative, Extension Supported
2025
18
Bamboo▲95
The easiest way to save, share and discover web highlights
2015
19
Gooba▲155
A free note-taking app for iPhone & iPad 📝
2018
20
wallabag▲97
Open source Pocket alternative.
2019
21
Cimanote▲169
The fast, clean note app Evernote used to be
Mar 2026
22
UpNote for Android▲80
Simple, beautiful note-taking app across platforms
2021
23
Standard Notes▲164
A simple and private notes app.
2017
24
Evernote▲83
Note taking made easy
2014

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