QOwnNotes is the open source (GPL) plain-text file markdown note taking application for GNU/Linux, macOS and Windows that (optionally) works together with the notes application of Nextcloud and ownCloud.
You own your own notes! All notes are stored as plain-text files on your desktop computer. Sync them over devices (desktop & mobile) with your ownCloud or Nextcloud sync client. Use ownCloud Notes to edit your notes in the web.
You are able to write down your thoughts with QOwnNotes and edit or search for them later from your mobile device (like with CloudNotes) or the ownCloud / Nextcloud web-services.
The notes are stored as plain text files and you can sync them with your ownCloud or Nextcloud sync client. Of course other software, like Dropbox, Syncthing, Seafile or BitTorrent Sync can be used too.
I like the concept of having notes accessible in plain text files, like it is done in the Nextcloud notes app, to gain a maximum of freedom, but I was not able to find a decent desktop note taking tool or a text editor, that handles them well in conjunction with ownCloud or Nextcloud.
What's New
- The Snap version of QOwnNotes was (in a Herculean effort) migrated from Core18 to Core22 to cause less problems on Ubuntu 23.10 systems (for #2876)
- In new releases, the source code tar.xz file will now also have a .sha256sum and a .sha512sum file, that is compatible with sha256sum and sha512sum (for #2938)
