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synopsis: QOwnNotes is a terminally underrated native markdown note-taking app, despite the fact that you'll rarely see it mentioned on the internet.
date: 2023-08-09
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- Enshittification
- FOSS/FLOSS
- Underrated Apps
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[![A screenshot of QOwnNotes showing a note subfolder panel beside markdown editor and preview panels.](/img/qownnotes.webp "QOwnNotes running on EndeavourOS / KDE Plasma")](/img/qownnotes.webp)
## What makes a good note taking app?
After its author decided to make future versions closed-source, I found myself searching for a replacement for the excellent [Notable](https://notable.app/). Unfortunately, while note-taking applications are a dime a dozen, they're also common ground for the [Notable](https://notable.app/) / [SimpleNote](https://simplenote.com/) style FLOSS bait-and-switch: developers release an outstanding note-taking app, only to make future versions closed-source, or make it inordinately difficult to properly and fully make use of the software without paying for a hosted service. Victim to the former, I set out to find a note-taking app that I felt could not only be trusted to operate in the spirit of FLOSS philosophy, but also met some key criteria:
After its author decided to make future versions closed-source, I found myself searching for a replacement for the excellent [Notable](https://notable.app/). Unfortunately, while note-taking applications are a dime a dozen, they're also common ground for the [Notable](https://notable.app/) / [Standard Notes](https://standardnotes.com/) style FLOSS bait-and-switch: developers release an outstanding note-taking app, only to make future versions closed-source, or make it inordinately difficult to properly and fully make use of the software without paying for a hosted service. Victim to the former, I set out to find a note-taking app that I felt could not only be trusted to operate in the spirit of FLOSS philosophy, but also met some key criteria:
1. Native Code