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24 alternatives to Private Notes for GitHub

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Private Notes for GitHub launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   dossi▲101

   Your own private GitHub notes on every page

   2023 · dossi.dev · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Memo▲196

   Take smarter notes with GitHub Gists, anywhere.

   2020 · usememo.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   A simple Go web server with logging, tracing, health check▲318

   GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

   2018 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Paragraph Notes▲155

   A private Markdown notes app for Mac

   Sep 2026 · paragraphnotes.md · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Draft▲149

   GitHub for writing

   2013 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   GitNoter▲72

   Open source webapp to store notes to in github repository

   2022 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   GitX▲91

   Private notes for open source project maintainers

   2020 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Private Notes▲11

   Simply Private

   2025 · privatenotes.pro · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Frankly▲101

   A dashboard of issues and PRs across GitHub repositories.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Private Notes for Twitter and Facebook▲96

    Add private notes to Twiter or Facebook profiles

    2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Free Private GitHub Repositories▲11

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Github Bookmark Extension▲74

    Keep track of your favourite snippets of code on Github

    2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

13. 13SD
    Software Documentation Using GitHub▲6

    2020 · salty-falls-27943.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

14. 14PE
    PNotes – Encrypted notes, photos and to-do lists▲5

    2019 · pnotes.online · its alternatives →

15. 15GW
    GitHub Watches for User▲7

    2012 · gh.hnresources.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    GitReleaseNotes▲9

    Generate release notes from GitHub commits

    2025 · gitreleasenotes.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    GitHub Free▲8

    Private repositories with unlimited collaborators at no cost

    2020 · github.blog · its alternatives →

18. 18
    GitHub Free - Unlimited Free Private Repos▲12

    Max 3 collaborators for private repositories

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    CodeNote▲12

    Browser extension to add notes to code on GitHub, GitLab.

    2024 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    GitHub▲2

    Your notes, visible to you, invisible to everyone else.

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    FOSS Notes▲5

    A collaborative platform for notes regarding FOSS

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Avoiding spam on GitHub▲8

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23GO
    GitNote- Online MD note editor that syncs to GitHub▲11

    2025 · usegitnote.vercel.app · its alternatives →

24. 24
    GitNotēs▲3

    Your notes, Git-synced

    Jun 2026 · gitnotes.org · its alternatives →

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