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Joplin
Joplin — the privacy-focused note-taking app: Markdown notes and to-dos on every platform, offline-first, with end-to-end encrypted sync you control
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View guide →Capture first, organize later: a local-first Markdown app that turns scattered records into notes with AI.
note-gen is an open-source productivity project by codexu (codexu/note-gen on GitHub). It has 12,881 GitHub stars and 975 forks, is released under the GPL-3.0 license, and was last updated on GitHub on 8 October 2026.
Get NoteGen for your platform from the download page or GitHub Releases - no account or setup is needed to start writing.
Pick a folder for your Markdown files; notes remain plain files you can open in any editor or keep in Git.
Save thoughts, voice notes, screenshots, links and files as they occur, without worrying about titles or folders.
Configure an AI provider when you are ready, select related records, and generate a structured note from a template or your own description - then keep editing it yourself.
Records (text, voice, screenshots, images, links, files, todos) are saved instantly and organized later, so fragments are not lost while you decide structure.
Turn selected records into summaries, reports or articles, and use AI to continue, shorten, expand, rewrite or translate text - the result always stays editable.
Tables, task lists, code blocks, math, diagrams and outlines, with source and visual editing modes, search and replace, file history and export/printing.
Build a knowledge base from your files combining semantic retrieval with local text search, with configurable embedding and reranking models, and use notes as conversation context.
Create and edit flowcharts, mind maps, timelines, freehand drawings and data charts, including diagrams generated from note content.
Local-first storage with optional sync through GitHub, GitLab, Gitee, Gitea, S3-compatible storage or WebDAV, plus local backups - and MCP servers, Skills and Agent tools for advanced workflows.
Clone NoteGen if you want to develop on it; most users simply download a release build.
git clone https://github.com/codexu/note-gen.git
cd note-genInstall the build for your platform from the project's download page or the latest GitHub Release.
# Download NoteGen for Windows, macOS or Linux - see README for the exact linkLaunch NoteGen, choose a workspace folder for your Markdown files, and add your first record or note.
# Launch NoteGen and follow the in-app get-started steps - see READMENoteGen is an open-source project led by codexu with community contributors.
The app is open source under GPL-3.0 and free to download; desktop builds are in beta and mobile builds in alpha, per the README.
Only for AI features, and only for the provider you configure - you bring your own model access (different models can serve chat, writing, embeddings, OCR and audio). Capturing and editing notes needs no key.
Like Obsidian it is local-first Markdown, but its core loop is capturing raw records first and using AI to organize them into notes later; Notion is cloud-first with a proprietary format.
Download the app, choose a workspace, add your first record - you do not need to configure AI or sync before writing.
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