Openote
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Openote, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Openote's own pricing page, checked 13 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Openote | Free | Free, open-source app; no account required |
The facts
Each one read from Openote's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Canvas
- Its canvas lets users place content anywhere and pan and zoom in every direction.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Canvas and notes
- It offers a freeform canvas with a notebook, section, page and subpage hierarchy.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Development status
- Openote is under active development, updates may temporarily break features, and the maker says macOS is largely untested.checked 12 Oct 2026
- File format
- Its documented, versioned file format is designed to remain readable without Openote.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Flashcards
- It can turn tagged lines in notes into flashcards scheduled for spaced repetition.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Handwriting and maths
- It supports pressure-sensitive handwriting and maths that builds into notation as users type.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Licensing
- The project repository identifies the app as AGPL-3.0 licensed.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Local storage and account
- The maker says notes stay on the user's machine and no account is required.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Maturity
- Openote is under active development, and the homepage warns that an update may break a feature until a later update fixes it.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Offline access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- OneNote import
- It imports OneNote notebooks from .one files, including pages, images, ink, tables, and tags.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Organization
- It supports notebooks, section groups, sections, pages, and subpages.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Privacy and storage
- The homepage says notes stay on the user's machine in an open, documented format.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Product
- Openote is an open-source alternative to Microsoft OneNote with a freeform canvas, handwriting, maths, and a documented file format.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Openote is an open-source alternative to Microsoft OneNote.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Real-time collaboration
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
- Release security
- The maker says Openote is not code-signed and that downloads are built by a public workflow from a tagged commit.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security caveat
- Openote is not code-signed, and the site explains that operating systems may show warnings when it is installed.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Study tools
- It can turn tagged lines from notes into spaced-repetition flashcards and includes a planner for exam dates, deadlines, reminders, and university timetables.checked 13 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Linux support
- The site offers .deb packages for Ubuntu, Debian, and Mint and .rpm packages for Fedora and openSUSE.checked 13 Oct 2026
- macOS support
- The macOS download is a universal disk image for Apple Silicon and Intel, and the site describes this build as the least tested.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Windows,macOS,Linuxchecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker identity
- The linked public source repository is owned by the GitHub account icmric.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Planner
- It includes a planner for exam dates, deadlines, reminders and university timetables.checked 12 Oct 2026
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