Open source alternatives to Evernote

2 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what Evernote does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Evernote does

Notes with rich contentcore
Sync across devicescore
Notebooks and tags
Web clipper
Search including text in images
Tasks and reminders
Attachments and scans

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

Project	Covers	Stars	Commits, 12 weeks	Last release	Closed vs opened	Setup	License
joplinNote-taking app with sync for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS	Replaces it89%	57k+98	519	17 days ago	91%	Install like an app	Custom license
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Search including text in images; Attachments and scans.See the evidence Notes with rich contentcoreYesfree, open source note taking and to-do application Sync across devicescoreYessecurely synchronised using end-to-end encryption Notebooks and tagsYesorganised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, can be copied, tagged Web clipperYesA Web Clipper, to save web pages and screenshots Search including text in imagesPartlyFull text search is available on all platforms Tasks and remindersYescreate multiple types of notes, reminders, and alarms Attachments and scansPartlyresources (images, attachments, etc.)
edgeeverKnowledge base with native MCP support, runs on Cloudflare Workers or Docker	Replaces it89%	3.2k+80	1,889	4 days ago	93%	Needs a server	AGPL-3.0
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Search including text in images; Tasks and reminders.See the evidence Notes with rich contentcoreYesrich notes (tables, mind maps, diagrams, posters) Sync across devicescoreYesInstant all-platform sync Notebooks and tagsYesInfinite-depth notebooks & folder tree navigation Web clipperYesweb clipper & MCP Search including text in imagesPartlyMillisecond-level full-text search with historical filtering Tasks and remindersPartlytask lists Attachments and scansYesUniversal attachment uploads (PDF, Office, audio/video, archives)

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