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24 alternatives to Paperwork

An open source Evernote alternative

Paperwork is an open-source note-taking application that functions as an alternative to Evernote. It allows users to capture, organize, and archive documents and notes in a self-hosted environment. Designed for… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Paperwork launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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An open source alternative to Evernote (Self Hosted)▲241
An open source, markdown-based, self-hosted note taking webapp. - batnoter/batnoter
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Alternote ▲263
Gorgeous OS X note-taking app with Evernote integration.
2015 · alternoteapp.com · its alternatives →
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Evernote Web - Oct 2014▲435
Dictate notes, perform searches, and see recent content.
2014 · evernote.com · its alternatives →
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OpenSign – Open source alternative to DocuSign▲545
🔥 The free & Open Source DocuSign alternative. Contribute to OpenSignLabs/OpenSign development by creating an account on GitHub.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Online NotesPad▲247
Free online notes taking app
2025 · onlinenotespad.com · its alternatives →
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Self hosted Evernote alternative▲12
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Evernote 8.0 - January 2017▲415
The popular note-taking app, re-designed for iOS
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Notea▲288
Free self-hosted open source note taking app, like Notion
2021 · cinwell.com · its alternatives →
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Ghostnote – Contextual notes and todo app▲301
Add notes to applications, folders, documents and websites
2015 · ghostnoteapp.com · its alternatives →
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OpenNotas▲379
The best personal note-taking app, fast, secure & free
2024 · opennotas.io · its alternatives →
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Harbor▲151
The Evernote alternative that puts its price in writing
Sep 2026 · harbor.my · its alternatives →
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Open source non-linear notepad app▲222
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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UpNote▲161
The most pleasant app for writing and organizing notes
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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SideNotes▲311
A beautiful note taking app with superpowers. It shows and hides on the side of your monitor to manage your notes distraction-free. Keep your notes organised, personalised and always at your fingertips. Markdown, tasks, pictures, colors, folders included.
2025 · apptorium.com · its alternatives →
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Paper▲111
🚀 An offline note taking app with "networkless" sharing
2019 · paperapp.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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CrushPaper – Open-Source Workflowy and Evernote for Writers, Students▲56
2015 · crushpaper.com · its alternatives →
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Note It▲59
A feature packed note-taking extension with OCR support
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Open Sourcing Notesnook – an end to end encrypted private notes app▲10
A fully open source & end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote. - streetwriters/notesnook
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Notebook for Web▲224
The beautifully simple note-taking app. Now on the Web.
2017 · zoho.com · its alternatives →
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Keep It▲103
Robust Evernote alternative.
2018 · reinventedsoftware.com · its alternatives →
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QuickNote.io▲145
📝 Minimalist, 🙈 anonymous and 🆓 free note taking app
2018 · quicknote.io · its alternatives →
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YourNote▲92
Notes app that puts privacy first
2018 · yournote.app · its alternatives →
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SNote▲112
End-to-end encrypted notes, docs, data & files
2023 · its alternatives →
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Laverna▲153
An open source Evernote alternative
2017 · laverna.cc · its alternatives →

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