NotePack
Privacy oriented, note taking app. No cloud, no accounts, no tracking, open source workspace for productivity. Privacy by design. no clouds, no accounts, only open source software. No vendor lock-in, notes stored as plain files in directories, only open standards. Fast desktop application. Notepack is perfect workspace for your notes. Idea behind this application is to create desktop, fast as possible, open source, using open standards, without vendor lock in, privacy oriented note taking app. Instead of search/replace windows all search feature Located into toolbar, clipboard manager, and recurring tasks infinity loop. Multiple workspaces, multiple notes in workspace. Multiple note storage backend, filesystem and WebDav supported right now. Encryption using zip AES algorithm (note packed as zip archive with password protected). Easy note switch using only shortcuts.
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Inkdrop
Organizing your Markdown notes made simple. With 100+ plugins, cross-platform and encrypted data sync support. Get a low-friction personal note-taking workflow and accomplish more. With your notes well-organized effortlessly, you can stay focused on doing your best work. It comes with multi-language code highlighting, multi-cursors, line numbers, scrolling beyond the last line, showing invisible characters and more. An intuitive and clean user interface and 'Distraction free mode' don't distract you from the text. With nestable notebooks, pin-to-top, tags and workspace view, it allows you to flexibly organize your notes. Track your work progress with note status and task progress view in the note list. Your notes can be shared on the web with a public link. It also supports exporting as HTML, PDF and Markdown file format. Whenever, even while in offline, you can read and write notes.
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Granite
Granite is an encrypted Markdown note-taking and knowledge management app for individuals and teams. It organizes notes with wikilinks, tags, backlinks, a graph view, daily notes, templates, and offline search, and syncs them across web, desktop, and mobile devices. Each vault has its own encryption key. The built-in MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other compatible AI tools search, read, and update notes in authorized vaults, with answers that cite the source notes. Teams can co-edit shared vaults, add comments and mentions, and publish notes to the web. Business adds SSO, SCIM, audit logs, and security policies. Notes are never used to train AI. Granite offers a free one-vault plan, a Pro subscription, and per-seat Business plans.
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Standard Notes
Your notes are encrypted and secured so only you can decrypt them. No one but you can read your notes (not even us). Keeping our app simple means you'll spend less time fighting and more time writing. It's faster and lighter than most notes apps. Our apps are built carefully to optimize overall lifetime and long-term survivability. Standard Notes is free to use on every platform, and comes standard with cross-platform sync and end-to-end privacy. For those wanting a little more power and flexibility, we created extended, which unlocks powerful editors, themes, and automated backups. All your data — no matter if you’re using a PC, a phone, a tablet or a gaming system — is encrypted everywhere you don't control. On our servers. On our network. On a public network. In the cloud. On mars. Whenever your information moves anywhere away from your direct control, it will be seriously encrypted with a passcode that no one else in the world knows but you.
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