Free note-taking tools or service for developers

A collection of free note-taking app, tools or service for developers

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AFFiNE

Affine is the next-generation collaborative knowledge base for professionals.

Tags: productivity, note-taking, knowledge-base

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AlephNote

Lightweight note taking client for Simplenote or Standard Notes (or simply local storage) - GitHub - Mikescher/AlephNote: Lightweight note taking client for Simplenote or Standard Notes (or simply local storage)

Tags: note-taking

Free Offer:

Free self-hosted
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Are.na

Are.na is a platform for connecting ideas and building knowledge. Are.na is a place to save content, create collections over time and connect ideas. Privately or with other people.

Tags: note-taking

Free Offer:

limited to 200 total blocks
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Bookmark OS

Easily organize your digital life

Tags: productivity, storage, note-taking, task-manager

Free Offer:

Free offer: Free bookmark manager, task manager, notes, and 500MB of files.
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BookStack

BookStack is a simple, open-source, self-hosted, easy-to-use platform for organising and storing information.

Tags: note-taking

Free Offer:

Free self-hosted
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Deepnote

Deepnote is a new kind of data science notebook. Jupyter-compatible with real-time collaboration and running in the cloud.

Tags: data-science, note-taking

Free Offer:

Unlimited personal projects (with up to 750h of Standard Hardware per month) Teams, up to 3 editors & unlimited viewers
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DokuWiki

DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly versatile Open Source wiki software that doesnt require a database. It is loved by users for its clean and readable syntax. The ease of maintenance, backup and integration makes it an administrators favorite.

Tags: note-taking, documentation

Free Offer:

Free self-hosted Templates, themes, plugins, widgets
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Gitbook

GitBook helps you publish beautiful docs and centralize your teams knowledge. From technical teams to the whole company.

Tags: knowledge-base, note-taking, docs

Free Offer:

Unlimited Public Spaces Unlimited Private Spaces Advanced Editing Capabilities Publish And Customise Your Docs Custom Domains
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Joplin

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application featuring search, tags, Markdown, and more. Available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.

Tags: note-taking

Free Offer:

Open Source
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LiquidText

LiquidText revolutionizes reading, analyzing, and annotating documents, and saves you time

Tags: note-taking

Free Offer:

Active Reading, Note Taking and Mind Mapping app Unified Workspace Excerpt anything Link document excerpt to notes. Pinch search and highlight view Export Notes in standard formats
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MindMeister

100% customizable mind map designs! Change alignments, add images, videos, etc. Invite your team, comment and vote - Try the free plan or go Pro!

Tags: productivity, note-taking

Free Offer:

Up to 3 mind maps Real-time collaboration
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Notesnook

Open source zero knowledge private note taking. Write notes with freedom, no spying, no tracking.

Tags: note-taking, application

Free Offer:

Free self-hosted Free account-cloud with: Zero knowledge encryption, Sync to unlimited devices, Offline access, Unlimited notes, Export note as text, Limited organization, Basic rich text editor
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Notion

A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. Its the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.

Tags: productivity, note-taking, knowledge-base

Free Offer:

Free for individuals Unlimited pages & blocks Share with 5 guests Sync across devices APIBETA
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Obsidian

Obsidian is a personal knowledge base and note-taking software application that operates on Markdown files

Tags: note-taking

Free Offer:

Open source Bring your own cloud sync (git, ftp, dropbox, google drive, iCloud, etc)
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RedNotebook

Open source diary and journal software for Linux, Windows and Mac. RedNotebook is a desktop journal.

Tags: note-taking

Free Offer:

Format text bold, italic or underlined Insert images, files and links Spell check Search-as-you-type Automatic saving Backup to zip archive Word clouds with most common words and tags Templates Export to plain text, HTML or Latex Future-proof: data is stored in plain text files Private: you own your data Translated into more than 30 languages
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Simplenote

The simplest way to keep notes. Light, clean, and free. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, and the web.

Tags: note-taking

Free Offer:

Apps, backups, syncing, sharing – it’s all completely free.
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TiddlyWiki

a non-linear personal web notebook

Tags: note-taking

Free Offer:

Free self-hosted Support Community & Help Contact us Unlimited notes and storage Plugins, themes, widgets, templates
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WikidPad

wikidPad is a Wiki-like notebook for storing your thoughts, ideas, todo lists, contacts, or anything else you can think of to write down.

Tags: note-taking, wiki

Free Offer:

Free self-hosted