QOwnNotes

Productivity · Office

Windows

Plain-text Markdown note-taking app (GPL-2.0-only) storing notes as local files, with tags, scripting, optional AES-256 encryption and Nextcloud/ownCloud integration. Actively maintained by Patrizio Bekerle.

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The promise

✓ No ads
✓ No purchases
✓ No subscriptions
✓ No trials
✓ No nagging
✓ No surprise bundles

Transparency

✓ Open source

Something wrong?

Reports go to a human review queue. No timeline promised — this is a small pilot, but every report gets read.