Open Source BSD Note-Taking Apps

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

BasKet Note Pads is an all purpose note taking application that let you take every kond of notes while remaining unobtrusive.

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).

Electronic Cerebral Cortex System - an external harddrive for your brain. An application for storing and organizing notes, images, todos, and calendar events.

Freestacks is a free web based social note taking system that allows you to easily store information and share it with others.

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).

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

MySonet is a Web-Based (PHP/AJAX) Categorized Note Taking Application Inspired By KJots.

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.

NoteTaker is a Web based, distributed 'Concept Management System' facilitating the collection of ideas, notes and concepts using WiKi like noding features.

A graphical, hierarchical note-taking application, using reStructuredText, python and PyQt.

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

Online note-taking system.

A Java note taking application using multiple formats for the storing of notes. Notes are stored in a structure notebook. Features a JSP, Swing and CLI front-ends. Enables multiple users to use over a network.

A simple cross-platform note taking program designed with usability in mind.

A note-taking and organisation application for use by students in lectures