Open Source BSD Note-Taking Apps
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Note-Taking Apps for BSD
Browse free open source Note-Taking apps and projects for BSD below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Note-Taking apps by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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Xournal is a GTK+/Gnome application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal using a stylus on Tablet PCs and other platforms. It aims to provide superior graphical quality (subpixel resolution) and overall functionality.
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Makagiga
To-do manager, notepad, RSS reader...
Makagiga is an open-source, easy-to-use, portable application for doing a variety of tasks, such as todo listing, text editing, or RSS reading. Plugins are used to implement its various capabilities. -
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GloboNote
Create sticky notes, to-do list, journals & reminders all in one app
GloboNote is a free and easy to use desktop note taking application. It lets you create sticky notes, to-do lists, journals, reminders and other notes in one place. There are no limits to the number of sticky notes you can create. Notes can be organize by groups and search using the search tool. GloboNote can be run in any OS that has Java 8 installed. -
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Docear
An Academic Literature Suite
Docear (pronounced dog-ear) is what we call an “academic literature suite”. It integrates everything you need to search, organize and create academic literature in a single application: a digital library, reference manager, PDF and file manager, note taking and mind mapping. And the best: Docear works seemlessly with many existing tools like Mendeley, Microsoft Word, and Foxit Reader. Docear is free and open source, based on Freeplane, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Technology and developed by scientists from around the world, among others from OvGU, and the University of California, Berkeley. -
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PASTE
An app for storing code, text & more. A popular Open Source pastebin.
Paste is a PHP application for storing code, text and more. DEMO: https://paste.boxlabs.uk/ Initially forked from the freely available source pastebin.com used before the domain was sold in 2010, lots of improvements have been included over the years such as user accounts and a featureful administration backend. See https://github.com/boxlabss/PASTE/blob/master/docs/CHANGELOG.md -
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Everpad
Evernote client well integrated with linux desktop
Everpad is a desktop integration layer that brings Evernote notes directly into the Linux environment, especially Ubuntu-based desktops. It runs a background service that syncs with your Evernote account and exposes your notes through an indicator applet and a Unity lens/search integration. The goal is to make Evernote feel like a native part of the desktop, so you can search, open, edit, and create notes without jumping to the web interface. It also supports note attachments, notebooks, and tags, so you can organize content in the same way you do on official Evernote clients. Because it plugs into the desktop search, you can surface notes alongside local files for faster retrieval. It was created to fill the gap for Linux users who didn’t have an official Evernote client but still wanted a smooth, native-like experience. -
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Super comprehensive deep learning notes
Super Comprehensive Deep Learning Notes
Super comprehensive deep learning notes is a massive and well-structured collection of deep learning notebooks that serve as a comprehensive study resource for anyone wanting to learn or reinforce concepts in computer vision, natural language processing, deep learning architectures, and even large-model agents. The repository contains hundreds of Jupyter notebooks that are richly annotated and organized by topic, progressing from basic Python and PyTorch fundamentals to advanced neural network designs like ResNet, transformers, and object detection algorithms. It’s not just a dry code repository; it includes theoretical explanations alongside hands-on examples, loss function explorations, optimization routines, and full end-to-end experiments on real datasets, making it highly suitable for both self-study and classroom use. -
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UPDATE 2024: Get a new version here: https://github.com/ivoras/EncryptedNotepad2 "Encrypted Notepad" does only one thing, but aims to do it perfectly - a Notepad-like simple text editor where files are saved (and later loaded) encrypted with industrial strength algorithms. Available both for the desktop (as a Java application) and on Android. Unencrypted data is never stored on-disk. Source is released (on SourceForge) under the BSD license.
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NoteLab is an advanced "digital notebook" specifically designed for tablet computers. With its stroke smoothing, antialiasing, and "smart rendering," NoteLab provides a beautiful and powerful note taking environment on any operating system.
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Crispy Synced Notes
A note taking program with WebDAV sync
An note taking program with WebDAV sync capabilities. It works on a local (and WebDAV) directory and shows the items (text/image/binary) in a tree view. Any changes are reflected in the file system directly. Features: - group notes and images in a tree structure (using folders) - can work on any directory on your machine - technically works like a file browser with inline text editing - synchronizes with any WebDAV server (optionally using SSL/TLS) - allows one-way and two-way synchronization - allows to encrypt your files locally and remote using AES256 - multi language support You can obtain the full source code at: https://crispy-cow.de/git/CrispySyncNote.git Latest changes: 2.1.0: Updated for Java 9 and up 2.0.2: Added more UI translation, updated greek language (thanks to geogeo) 2.0.1: Bugfix: Sync state is now copied when duplicating workspace due to change in encryption settings -
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Jarnal is a plattform-indepenent programm written in Java for notetaking, sketching and PDF-/picture-annotating. It works like a normal notepad with the difference of being digital. It is thought to be used with a stylus on tablet-pcs.
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YSticky
A portable cross-platform sticky note application.
YSticky is a portable cross-platform reminder / sticky note application. It is very simple and its use recalls that of the real sticky notes in the following three steps: 1. create a new / take a note; 2. (re)edit it; 3. stick it. YSticky is developed in Java so needs the Java Virtual Machine (version 6 or higher) that, in the case, is very easy to download and install. It does not need installation since quickly creates and edits notes in the same directory of the executable. -
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BasKet Note Pads is an all purpose note taking application that let you take every kond of notes while remaining unobtrusive.
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Cournal
Cournal is a collaborative note taking and journal application using a
Cournal allows multiple users to annotate PDF files in real-time. The goal of this project is a full featured note taking application (like Xournal or Windows Journal), which allows multiple people to collaborate (like Gobby). -
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Crossnote App
An interesting markdown note taking application
Crossnote is a Progressive Web Application built as a markdown-focused note reader and editor that works both offline and online, giving users a flexible platform for writing, organizing, and synchronizing notes. It distinguishes itself by supporting markdown editing with a rich set of formatting options, and by enabling integration with version control systems like git for syncing notebooks in arbitrary repositories. Users can add, edit, and manage markdown documents in the browser, and because it uses modern web technologies, the app caches itself and local data to work seamlessly when a network connection is unavailable. While the backend server that used to support hosted functionality is no longer maintained, the core frontend still offers a slick note-taking experience. Crossnote’s design takes inspiration from tools like markdown preview extensions and collaborative editors. -
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Electronic Cerebral Cortex System - an external harddrive for your brain. An application for storing and organizing notes, images, todos, and calendar events.
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Freestacks is a free web based social note taking system that allows you to easily store information and share it with others.
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GTE Note Taker
A simple yet flexible portable plain text note taker for note addicts.
This small application aims to to help the user take structured plain text notes one at a time. By design, the application aim to be as simple as possible to take a note without being distracted by bells and whistles. The application can also be used to record todos and journal entries. They are structured because they have consistent names ([type]-timestamp.txt), stored in one configurable path, and, optionally, their contents follow predefined formats (see the cnf file). -
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Gnome Outliner is an outline editor for Gnome. It is primarily used for organization and note-taking and is based on this draft spec: http://wiki.silverorange.com/GnomeOutliner/Spec
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Aimed at being the all-in-one note taking software written in Java. Featuring multiple notebooks containing unlimited pages and notes within. Rich-text, html, and screenshots. Optional password protection and encryption options.
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NoteTaker is a Web based, distributed 'Concept Management System' facilitating the collection of ideas, notes and concepts using WiKi like noding features.
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A Web-Application working in conjunction with the obby protocol to view documents written by other people live on a website, integrated with mediawiki and equipped with full LaTex support. It's main purpose is Real-Time Note-Taking at University
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