note-taking — independent software & tools
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obsidian-agent
AI agent that lives in your Obsidian vault. Manages tasks, knowledge, and finances through natural language.
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Relic
Local-first knowledge management powered by Markdown.
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Alcove
A notes app that keeps your writing in books, on a shelf you can move around in. Hand-drawn, offline, Windows/macOS/Linux.
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Knopo
A native macOS outliner for structured thinking, local-first notes, and Markdown-based knowledge management.
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db.md
Your database is a folder of markdown files, and the agent is the engine. The open standard for databases in plain files. No vector store, ever.
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decant
Privacy-first, open-source browser extension that turns web pages into clean Markdown locally, with Obsidian, Logseq, and Notion-friendly exports.
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ZhiNote
轻量级树形 Markdown 笔记 · 单 HTML 文件 · WebDAV 端到端加密同步 · 多端通用
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personacli
Local-first personal workspace: write notes, track tasks, chat with an AI that knows your files - all plain Markdown, no cloud.
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memno
A beautiful, offline-first bookmark manager and link saver app built with Flutter. Save links, write notes, auto-fetch rich metadata previews, and generate unique 6-digit shortcodes for quick retrieval. Privacy-first, JSON import/export, and ready for Android and Windows.
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2026-AI-Value-Memory-Mining
Value Mining personal knowledge system — OpenSpec SDD showcase + forkable vault template
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sclipple
A small command-line note manager based on keyword-addressed notes.
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kybase
Self-hosted memory for Claude — markdown knowledge base with wikilink graph, hybrid semantic search (pgvector + Ollama), and a first-party MCP server. One docker compose up.
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tabstick-app
Stick a note beside the window it belongs to - not on your desktop. TabStick is a free sticky-memo app for Windows; this repo holds the site and release downloads.
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note-taking-app
a simple note taking app project, from roadmap.sh website
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obsidian-glossary-linker
Obsidian plugin that highlights glossary terms in any word form, turns them into real links, and learns new aliases from links you've already made. Multilingual morphology, desktop & mobile.
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koinote
所见即所得的在线 Markdown 编辑器：边写边渲染，图片粘贴即进图床，一键导出到微信公众号 / PDF / Word
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openslate
A self-hosted markdown note-taking app. Fast, simple, private. Access your notes from any device.
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n2o-lite
Your Notion workspace, in your vault, as plain Markdown you own. Pulls pages, databases, properties and media, and re-pulls any time Notion changes. One way, free, MIT
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brainwarden
The easiest way to start a second brain — an Obsidian vault Claude Code sets up in minutes and maintains for you
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poltergeist
a quiet brain for your loud apps — a local-first second brain; nothing leaves your machine
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KindleVibe
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Laocoon
Write down everyday thoughts and track them in history.
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second-brain
A ready-to-use second brain for entrepreneurs, operated by Claude. Runs in Claude Code and Claude Cowork. Plain markdown, typed frontmatter, guided setup interview.
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qcobrain
Provenance-governed AI memory for agents: a self-evolving second brain in your IDE. Every write cites a source or it's refused. Markdown + grep.
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idea
Worktree-aware idea capture and backlog tracker — markdown-first, CLI-native
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fly
Your project's second memory
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standard-red-notes
Enhanced end-to-end notes and files. Take your notes and give them superpowers.
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edgeever
Self-hosted, Cloudflare-native Evernote alternative with REST API, MCP, and PWA support.
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Zanmai
An AI operating system for your life. It keeps what you would otherwise carry in your head, then does the work that comes out of it: filing, research, documents, imagery. Plain files on your own machine, run through Claude Code.
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stelekit
Local-first outliner and PKM app — plain markdown on your disk, native on every platform
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FastPrompter
Portable Windows scratchpad and snippet manager. One global hotkey, instant window, markdown, silos, themes. Built with PyQt6.
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marginalia
Kindle Scribe handwritten notebooks -> Obsidian Markdown, with OCR and human review.
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OpenNapse
Local-first idea-to-project workspace. Capture ideas, promote to projects, plan on Kanban, link notes, track momentum — your data stays on your device.
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Learning-Assistant
错题追踪器，支持 Markdown + LaTeX 编辑、OCR 识别、PDF 导出
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pointliner
An outliner where any bullet can generate or compute. A scratchpad for thinking.
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joplin-plugin-projects
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nb.sh
CLI and local web note-taking, bookmarking, and archiving with encryption, search, Git-backed versioning and syncing, tagging, and more in a single portable script.
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obsidian-mcp-server
Read, write, search, and surgically edit Obsidian vault notes, tags, and frontmatter via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.
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vault-cortex
Set up a Vault Cortex MCP server for your Obsidian vault in one command: npx vault-cortex init
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ObsidianHomepage
🖥️ Create a beautiful, customizable Obsidian homepage using only markdown and CSS, inspired by sleek dashboard designs for easy access to your notes.
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neurostack
Index and search Markdown vaults as knowledge graphs to provide AI agents with persistent, structured long-term memory across sessions.
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obsidian-quick-capture
Capture text or voice quickly into Obsidian daily notes with a flexible, fast tool that works across vault setups and note formats.
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kimi-writer
🤖 Create novels and stories autonomously with the Kimi Writing Agent, powered by the kimi-k2-thinking model for seamless creativity.
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Paperwise
Convert academic papers into annotated, browser-friendly web pages with color-coded logic and easy navigation powered by OpenAlex data.
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stt-md
Lightweight macOS menubar app: mic → whisper → Ollama → Obsidian vault
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contextual-workspace
🛠️ Build a modern, full-featured workspace with Next.js, offering authentication, payments, and real-time data integration for enhanced productivity.
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OBSICLAUDE
Manage and enhance your Obsidian vault using Claude with tools to create, edit, move, search, and organize through natural language commands.
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Live-Regex-Find-Replace
Full regex find & replace for Obsidian — real-time highlighted preview, capture group support ($1, $2), scope control (document or selection), and case-insensitive matching.
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Knot
Record Everything.
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mnemo
Persistent memory layer for Claude Code — Obsidian vault health, connection discovery, brain dump, session notes, email bridge. Five lightweight skills, CLI-first, any taxonomy.
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note-driven-hacking-project
🛠️ Streamline your penetration testing with note-driven hacking techniques and effective environment variable management.
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notes-management-system
📝 Manage your notes effortlessly with a Spring Boot application, featuring database control with Liquibase and PostgreSQL for reliable data management.
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Moldavite
Your thoughts, forged from cosmic impact. A beautiful, privacy-first note-taking app for macOS.
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mxMarkEdit
A native macOS Markdown editor for academic writing, featuring an integrated Zotero-friendly bibliography manager, spreadsheet databases, and task tracking.
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teak
Your personal knowledge hub for collecting, remembering, and rediscovering ideas - one-click saves with real-time sync across web, desktop, mobile, browser, and Raycast.
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obsidian-plugins
🧠 Enhance your note-taking with AI plugins for title generation, grammar correction, and project organization in Obsidian.
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sample-obsidian-antigravity-1
🧠 Streamline your knowledge management with a structured Obsidian workspace, combining PARA and Zettelkasten for efficient information organization.
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notes-plus
WIP: An SVG-based note-taking app 📝
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AI-Notes-Summarizer
📚 Summarize your study notes quickly and create quiz questions for effective revision with this AI-powered web app.
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baram
A lightweight, beautiful WYSIWYG Markdown editor with bidirectional links and AI-native editing — built with Tauri, React & Rust.