--- title: "Simple, Non-Commercial, Open Source Notes" url: https://daily.dev/posts/simple-non-commercial-open-source-notes-wer5epgbh source_url: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XRpHIa-2XCE type: video:youtube source: "Community Picks" published: 2024-10-08T12:34:03.227Z updated: 2024-10-08T12:34:27.786Z tags: ["open-source", "productivity", "privacy", "markdown"] reading_time: 30 upvotes: 40 comments: 7 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Simple, Non-Commercial, Open Source Notes **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** 路 30 min read 路 40 upvotes 路 7 comments ## Summary The author seeks a non-commercial, open-source alternative to Notion due to concerns about privacy and data ownership. After evaluating several options, including Zettlr, Vino Note, and NB, they highlight Zim and QOwnNotes as suitable replacements for their simplicity and versatility. The author eventually delves into more advanced tools like Emacs and Neovim but emphasizes that for most users, simpler tools like Zim are more practical. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@timnekk** 路 2 upvotes > I completely agree on Zim's simplicity being a major plus - I've been using it for months and the hierarchical structure has really helped me keep my notes organized without feeling overwhelmed 馃檶 **@simon125q** 路 1 upvotes > If you liked this video you may also be interested in a second part where the author explores Kakoune more in depth: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5WLlLxU2EZE&t=1169s I hope this is helpful :) **@dyslexic3ngineering** 路 0 upvotes > This was the sole reason why I started using vim as my text editor. Simple and easy. Yes, I see why emacs is loved, but I don't want to run EmacsOS just so I could use their text editor. Vim just works **@marcoa7m** 路 0 upvotes > I am a daily user of neovim for programming, but I think ObsidianMD is the best alternative for note taking **@duekofthenorth7** 路 0 upvotes > I think notion is good for me. I will make my own django based platform for notes once I get tired from it. > Besides, I also use Joplin for taking notes to keep my day-job notes and logs and legacy codes. > I agree with the point that you are going to waste your time with many fancy options like obsidian. I have been there, all I did was installed this plugin and that theme never able to focus on anything cause with every theme I installed I find something is missing or something should not be here. Lol. It was tiresome. Btw thanks for letting me know about QOwnNotes. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don鈥檛 just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) 路 CNCF 路 0 upvotes 路 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) 路 CNCF 路 1 upvotes 路 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) 路 CNCF 路 0 upvotes 路 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#markdown](https://daily.dev/tags/markdown) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/simple-non-commercial-open-source-notes-wer5epgbh)