Gnote
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Gnote, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Gnote's own pricing page, checked 13 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Gnote | Free | No pricing or usage limits stated |
The facts
Each one read from Gnote's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Bug reports
- The page directs users to the GNOME GitLab issue tracker to report bugs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Community support
- The page lists a Gnote mailing list and the #gnote IRC channel on GimpNet.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Contributing
- The page says contributors can fork the repository and create a pull request to submit patches.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The project page links to a Gnote user manual, though that link returned a 404 when opened.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Export
- Notes can be printed or exported as HTML documents.checked 13 Oct 2026
- File format
- Gnote uses the same file format as Tomboy, with no guarantee that Tomboy can read Gnote files.checked 13 Oct 2026
- GNOME project
- GNOME describes itself as a global community developing free and open-source software, including desktop software and applications.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Linking
- It lets users link notes with WikiWiki-style links and group them into notebooks.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Maintainer
- The project page names Aurimas Černius as a maintainer.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Print and export
- Notes can be printed or exported as HTML documents.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Gnote is a note-taking application for the GNOME desktop environment.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Source code
- The project page links to Gnote’s source repository on GNOME GitLab.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project page directs users to GitLab to report bugs and describes submitting patches by forking the repository and creating a pull request.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Synchronization
- The project page says Gnote supports synchronization for use across multiple devices.checked 13 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Linux distribution packages
- The page lists packages for Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch Linux, and openSUSE.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Linux packages
- The project page lists packages for Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch Linux, and openSUSE.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- linuxchecked 20 Sep 2026
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