Best Evernote Alternatives (3 Free OSS)

Evernote pioneered note management, but continued free plan restrictions and subscription price increases have driven users to seek alternatives. devpick lists open source note apps that maintain full data ownership.

• E2E encryption with Joplin and Standard Notes encrypting notes by default
• Local-first with SiYuan and Logseq storing data locally for full offline operation
• Bidirectional links in Logseq, SiYuan, and Trilium for building knowledge graphs
• Evernote import with Joplin supporting one-click migration from ENEX files
• Markdown-based editors across all listed tools for fast, lightweight note-taking

For encryption priority choose Joplin or Standard Notes, for block-based knowledge management choose SiYuan, for outliner-style choose Logseq, and for hierarchical management choose Trilium.