QOwnNotes

Judgement

What it is

Complete system

What it does

A desktop notepad and to-do manager for plain-text Markdown files, with Nextcloud and ownCloud integration and scripting.

Adopt it when

You use Nextcloud and want a native desktop notes app over your files.

Watch out

A dense interface with many options.

Ready for

Production-ready

Runs as

Desktop app

Built with

C++ and Qt

How established

Established: started 12 years ago, latest release v26.11.3.

What the license allows

Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: QOwnNotes → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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