notesnook
by streetwriters
Notesnook is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted note-taking app that aims to provide a privacy-focused alternative to Evernote.
Ready to useEstablished, openly licensed, and no red flags in its documentation.
- Stars
- 14.8k
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Runs on
- A small server
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- TypeScript
- Age
- 2034 days
What you can do with it
- Take and organize notes
- Encrypt notes for privacy
- Sync notes across devices
Could replace
- Evernote
Our suggestion based on what it does, not a feature-by-feature comparison.
Ways a business could use it
- Small businesses can use it to securely store and manage client notes
- Freelancers can use it for personal and project-related note-taking
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use. Anything you distribute that includes it must be open-sourced under the same licence.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
You can self-host the web, desktop, and mobile clients using Docker.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Checked 26 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
