draw.io Desktopjgraph/drawio-desktop
Diagram editor for your desktopPersonalEnterpriseNotes & docsDesign & creativeDesktop★ 63kGPL-3.0commit 2 days ago81worth
Open-source alternatives to Rnote
24 projects in the catalog are in the same category as Rnote: Notes & docs. They are ranked by how closely their categories, platforms and GitHub topics match, then by worth score. Of these, 5 run with Docker, 11 have a permissive license and 23 had a commit in the last 90 days.
Compare at a glance
| Project | Runs on | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rnote (this project) | Desktop | Not listed | GPL-3.0 | 12k | |
| draw.io Desktop | Desktop | Not listed | GPL-3.0 | 63k | |
| AFFiNE | Web, Docker / self-host, Desktop | Yes | Custom (read before use) | 73k | |
| Mermaid | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 91k | |
| reveal.js | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 72k | |
| Slidev | Web, CLI | Not listed | MIT | 49k | |
| Trilium Notes | Docker / self-host, Desktop | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 38k | |
| SiYuan | Docker / self-host, Desktop, Mobile | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 47k | |
| Logseq | Desktop, Mobile | Not listed | AGPL-3.0 | 45k | |
| MarkText | Desktop | Not listed | MIT | 62k | |
| Joplin | Desktop, Mobile | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 57k | |
| Tolaria | Desktop | Not listed | AGPL-3.0 | 20k | |
| Xournal++ | Desktop | Not listed | GPL-2.0 | 15k | |
| GenOffice | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 8.4k | |
| Notesnook | Web, Desktop, Mobile | Not listed | GPL-3.0 | 15k | |
| NoteGen | Desktop | Not listed | GPL-3.0 | 13k | |
| AppFlowy | Desktop, Mobile | Not listed | AGPL-3.0 | 77k | |
| LLM Wiki | Desktop | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 20k | |
| Hugo | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 90k | |
| Open Notebook | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 40k | |
| Material for MkDocs | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 28k | |
| Memos | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 63k | |
| Typst | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 56k | |
| Pandoc | CLI | Not listed | GPL-2.0 | 46k | |
| Docusaurus | Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 66k |
Desktop apps (14)
AFFiNEtoeverything/AFFiNE
Docs, whiteboards and databases in one workspacePersonalNotes & docsDesign & creativeWebDocker / self-hostDesktop★ 73kcommit 4 days ago78worth
Trilium NotesTriliumNext/Trilium
Build your personal knowledge basePersonalNotes & docsDocker / self-hostDesktop★ 38kAGPL-3.0commit yesterday86worth
SiYuansiyuan-note/siyuan
Privacy-first knowledge workspacePersonalNotes & docsDocker / self-hostDesktopMobile★ 47kAGPL-3.0commit 5 days ago85worth
Logseqlogseq/logseq
Privacy-first outliner and knowledge graphPersonalNotes & docsDesktopMobile★ 45kAGPL-3.0commit yesterday83worth
MarkTextmarktext/marktext
Simple, elegant Markdown editorPersonalNotes & docsEditors & IDEsDesktop★ 62kMITcommit 2 days ago80worth
Joplinlaurent22/joplin
Privacy-focused notes with syncPersonalNotes & docsDesktopMobile★ 57kcommit 23 hours ago79worth
Tolariarefactoringhq/tolaria
Desktop app for Markdown knowledge basesPersonalNotes & docsDesktop★ 20kAGPL-3.0commit last week78worth
Xournal++xournalpp/xournalpp
Handwritten notes with PDF annotationPersonalNotes & docsDesktop★ 15kGPL-2.0commit 5 days ago76worth
GenOfficegenspark-ai/genoffice
Open-source AI office suitePersonalNotes & docsAgents & frameworksDesktopCLI★ 8.4kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago76worth
Notesnookstreetwriters/notesnook
End-to-end encrypted notesPersonalNotes & docsSecurity & identityWebDesktopMobile★ 15kGPL-3.0commit 2 weeks ago74worth
NoteGencodexu/note-gen
Local-first Markdown notes organized by AIPersonalNotes & docsDesktop★ 13kGPL-3.0commit 3 days ago74worth
AppFlowyAppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy
Open-source Notion alternative with AIPersonalEnterpriseNotes & docsDesktopMobile★ 77kAGPL-3.0commit 3 months ago71worth
LLM Wikinashsu/llm_wiki
Turn documents into an interlinked knowledge basePersonalNotes & docsRAG & vector DBsDesktop★ 20kcommit 6 days ago68worth
Web apps (2)
Slidevslidevjs/slidev
Presentation slides for developersPersonalNotes & docsDesign & creativeWebCLI★ 49kMITcommit 2 days ago79worth
Open Notebooklfnovo/open-notebook
Open-source NotebookLM alternativePersonalNotes & docsRAG & vector DBsWebDocker / self-host★ 40kMITcommit 21 hours ago85worth
Self-hosted Docker apps (1)
Memosusememos/memos
Lightweight self-hosted note-takingPersonalNotes & docsDocker / self-host★ 63kMITcommit yesterday84worth
Command-line tools (3)
Hugogohugoio/hugo
Very fast static site generatorPersonalEnterpriseWeb frameworksNotes & docsCLI★ 90kApache-2.0commit 2 days ago90worth
Typsttypst/typst
Modern markup-based typesettingPersonalEnterpriseNotes & docsCLI★ 56kApache-2.0commit 3 days ago84worth
Pandocjgm/pandoc
Universal document converterPersonalEnterpriseNotes & docsCLI★ 46kGPL-2.0commit yesterday83worth
Libraries & SDKs (4)
Mermaidmermaid-js/mermaid
Diagrams from Markdown-like textPersonalEnterpriseNotes & docsDesign & creativeLibrary / SDK★ 91kMITcommit yesterday87worth
reveal.jshakimel/reveal.js
HTML presentation frameworkPersonalNotes & docsDesign & creativeLibrary / SDK★ 72kMITcommit 3 days ago81worth
Material for MkDocssquidfunk/mkdocs-material
Documentation that simply worksPersonalEnterpriseNotes & docsLibrary / SDK★ 28kMITcommit 2 days ago85worth
Docusaurusfacebook/docusaurus
Easy-to-maintain documentation websitesPersonalEnterpriseWeb frameworksNotes & docsLibrary / SDK★ 66kMITcommit yesterday82worth