Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lity – A collaborative note graph using Yjs and Tauri launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   wolkenkit-boards – a tool for collaboratively organizing notes▲8

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Kooba▲141

   An interactive graph for finding new books

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Paragraph Notes▲155

   A private Markdown notes app for Mac

   Sep 2026 · paragraphnotes.md · its alternatives →

4. 4NC
   Nimble collaborative note-taking▲5

   2018 · rexpad.com · its alternatives →

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   Restyaboard▲197

   An open source alternative to Trello

   2015 · restya.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   NotebookJS▲109

   Scientific computation for JavaScript

   2016 · datazar.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Curator▲95

   A visual notes app for iPad

   2014 · curator.co · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Universal Typeface▲100

   Unifying the world’s handwriting

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Iterograph▲74

   An iterative drawing tool

   2016 · iterograph.laboiteatortue.com · its alternatives →

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    Collate Notes▲9

    A flexible cross-platform note-taking application

    2017 · collatenotes.com · its alternatives →

11. 11PA
    Polyphony – A realtime collaborative text editing lib for web/mobile▲8

    2014 · polyphony-ot.com · its alternatives →

12. 12CF
    Collaboration for Open Source Project on Graph Algorithms▲7

    2021 · cplusplus.com · its alternatives →

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    KeenWrite, a Desktop Text Editor▲6

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Collaborative text editing in ~220 lines of JavaScript▲5

    2021 · git.ce9e.org · its alternatives →

15. 15NN
    NoteChain – Note taking app with focus on privacy and dissemination▲5

    2018 · notechain.org · its alternatives →

16. 16SF
    Spreadsheets for hierarchical data – real-time collaborative editing▲5

    2016 · datascribbler.com · its alternatives →

17. 17LI
    Lexical.io – A web app for reading English text▲9

    2016 · lexical.io · its alternatives →

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    Headcache: note-taking program with markdown, search, external editing▲7

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19RE
    Redesigned: Escherpad, a collaborative math and code notebook▲6

    2015 · escherpad.com · its alternatives →

20. 20AK
    A keyboard-centric flowchart editor▲6

    2021 · knotend.com · its alternatives →

21. 21PN
    Prodigy Notes – a web app for daily journaling and note taking▲6

    2015 · prodigynotes.com · its alternatives →

22. 22RT
    Re-thinking note-taking in the browser▲5

    2021 · membr.shiftlabz.com · its alternatives →

23. 23CW
    ComposeDB – Web3 Graph Database for Composable Data▲6

    2023 · composedb.js.org · its alternatives →

24. 24RN
    Renote – Notes and collaboration app for iPad and Pencil▲5

    2021 · renote.so · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →