NoteKit
The facts below are what the maker publishes about NoteKit, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From NoteKit's own pricing page, checked 13 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| NoteKit | Free | Free software; no paid plans or pricing stated |
The facts
Each one read from NoteKit's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience
- The maker describes the project as an attempt to create free software resembling a platform-independent OneNote, including tablet input and a simple standard on-disk format.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Autosave
- Notes are saved when the window closes, another file opens, or after an inactivity timeout.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Community support
- The project links a Discord server and bridged Matrix space for questions and development discussion.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The README lists Linux x86_64 Debian and generic tar.gz builds, Windows x86_64 builds, and packages for several Linux distributions.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Drawing
- Users can add hand-drawn notes with a mouse, touchscreen, or digitiser.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Drawing limitations
- Drawings can only be deleted as a whole, and drawing clears the undo stack.checked 13 Oct 2026
- File format
- The project describes simple, standard on-disk format as one of its design goals.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Hand-drawn notes
- Users can add hand-drawn notes with a mouse, touchscreen, or digitiser.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The project lists a Discord server and a bridged Matrix space for questions and development discussion.checked 13 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository identifies its license as GPL-3.0.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Local storage
- By default, configuration is stored in `$HOME/.config/notekit` and notes in `$HOME/.local/share/notekit`, with the notes path configurable.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Markdown
- Notes use instantly formatted Markdown.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Markdown limitations
- Some Markdown features are unsupported because of stylistic choices or parser limitations.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Markdown notes
- It lets users write notes in instantly formatted Markdown and organize them in a navigable tree of folders.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Math
- LaTeX math can be entered with single dollar signs, and rendering support depends on optional build dependencies.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Note storage
- By default, notes are stored in $HOME/.local/share/notekit, and the notes base path can be changed in config.json.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Organization
- Notes can be organized in a navigable tree of folders.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Project status
- The README describes NoteKit as late alpha and says basic quality-of-life features such as resizing or moving drawings are still missing.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- NoteKit is a structured note-taking application based on GTK+ 3.checked 13 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- The README provides Windows x86_64 builds and Linux packages or binaries.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- windows,linuxchecked 20 Sep 2026
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