# Evernote Replacement **URL:** \ **Category:** šŸ·ļø General\ **Tags:** app-ideas\ **Created:** [December 21, 2017, 10:24am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004 "2017-12-21T10:24:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aproposnix](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/aproposnix/32/95_2.png) [@aproposnix](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/aproposnix)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 10:24am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/1 "2017-12-21T10:24:51Z")
The one thing I believe is missing from the Nextcloud ecosystem is a true replacement for Evernote. I say ā€˜true replacementā€™ because there are _many_ md editors which claim to be Evernote replacements (with that logic, a pen and paper are replacements as well). Such a system would need to have the following functionalities: - Rich Text editing (aka WYSIWYG) - Ability to attach files (anything) to notes - Ability to have inline images including drap and drop - Ability to import existing EN notes - A web clipper browser extension allowing: - Note indexing for search For me, Evernote is an invaluable tool for research. Itā€™s crazy that thereā€™s no FOSS replacement for it (other than MD editors). ---
**Author:** ![Krischan](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/krischan/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Krischan](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Krischan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/2 "2017-12-21T12:55:54Z")
Did you try this? [https://github.com/brantje/nextnote](https://github.com/brantje/nextnote) (Not tried it myself so far, but was kind of hoping it would show up in the official app repository soon) ---
**Author:** ![aproposnix](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/aproposnix/32/95_2.png) [@aproposnix](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/aproposnix)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/3 "2017-12-21T13:46:25Z")
Yeah, I tried it when it was Ownote. It was buggy beyond belief at the time and totally not suitable for 1000ā€™s of notes. Itā€™s also missing web-clipping which is an essential element. EDIT: Just installed it on NC 13. It still would not be suitable for a large volume of notes (and web clippings) especially since it doesnā€™t seem to be tied to the standard search. In terms of a rich text editor, itā€™s good. Itā€™s just not ready for a production environment. Iā€™m not looking for a simple note taking app (Evernote is much more than that) but if I were, I might consider it. EDIT 2: If anyone would be interested in creating an Evernote clone for Nextcloud, I could help you with functional design (Iā€™ve been looking for a FOSS replacement for years now and have tons of notes on the topic). ---
**Author:** ![MichaIng](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/michaing/32/2125_2.png) [@MichaIng](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/MichaIng)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/4 "2017-12-21T14:37:51Z")
> [@Krischan](#): > > Did you try this? [GitHub - brantje/nextnote: A full Evernote / OneNote style WYSIWYG note editor for Nextcloud / ownCloud. Join our telegram at: https://t.me/NextNote](https://github.com/brantje/nextnote) Hah, and me dumb running still around with ownNote, constantly increasing the max version number in info.xml šŸ˜„. Thx for hint! @aproposnix Why not contributing to nextnote and add the missing features? Or is it not designed to manage it by itā€™s core? ---
**Author:** ![aproposnix](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/aproposnix/32/95_2.png) [@aproposnix](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/aproposnix)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/5 "2017-12-21T14:46:08Z")
> [@](#): > > @aproposnix > Why not contributing to nextnote and add the missing features? Or is it not designed to manage it by itā€™s core? I would be happy to contribute in terms of design but I canā€™t code to save my life. If the developers of Nextnote would be interested in really creating an Evernote replacement then, heck yeah, I would be onboard. The project doesnā€™t seem to be very active though. IMHO, this is something that Nextcloud would have to get behind. There are numerous use cases for an Evernote replacement in NC. For example one way to frame it is to market it as a secure research application for investigative journalists. ---
**Author:** ![MichaIng](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/michaing/32/2125_2.png) [@MichaIng](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/MichaIng)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/6 "2017-12-21T16:03:15Z")
Yeah, Iā€™m just thinking that we already have many different note apps and what would be possible if all the great developers would work together. But sometimes itā€™s also good to have a variety of different solutions/approaches, instead of stick with an already sort of fixed candidate, that might from itā€™s core was not meant to fulfil all the features everyone brings together. Iā€™m so far just learning to create bash scripts and far away from being able to create/significantly contribute to Nextcloud/PHP apps. ---
**Author:** ![himbeere](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/himbeere/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@himbeere](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/himbeere)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/7 "2017-12-21T19:40:54Z")
[https://github.com/laurent22/joplin](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin) is close to having a nextcloud integration. ---
**Author:** ![Krischan](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/krischan/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Krischan](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Krischan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/8 "2017-12-22T03:53:02Z")
Since that is also a markdown editor, I am not sure if it will be better than [http://www.qownnotes.org/](http://www.qownnotes.org/) which for what it does is very nice. ---
**Author:** ![aproposnix](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/aproposnix/32/95_2.png) [@aproposnix](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/aproposnix)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/10 "2017-12-22T05:50:00Z")
Itā€™s md. It is not an Evernote replacement. ---
**Author:** ![anon75456558](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/anon75456558/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon75456558](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/anon75456558)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 7:52am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/11 "2017-12-22T07:52:55Z")
Hey, Iā€™ve also been looking for a proper Evernote replacement over the last three years. Closest actual system to Evernote Iā€™ve used is [Zim Wiki](https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki), which includes most all features you want besides the web clipper. Zim is extremely well designed + makes it easy to link files of any size. Supposedly you can host it via [PicoCMS application](http://picocms.org/) for Nextcloud, but Iā€™m still testing it. Zim even includes itā€™s own little html server for hosting contentā€¦ it is amazing, and in some ways kicks the pants off Evernote. No built-in web clipper that Iā€™m aware of. [Joplin](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/) does the best job of exactly rendering your many thousands of exported Evernote files, but it is still missing the ability to easily export attachments, location data, and other features. For now you have to browse to the resources directory and search for the associated file id number in order to export an attachment such as a pictureā€¦ no download button, etc. [Tagspaces web clipper](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tagspaces/) does a good job of saving data, but I see it is not yet compatible with latest Firefox Quantum. Should work fine on Google Chrome. [Not sure if you can use it without Tagspaces webdav client, which is currently in development for functional connectivity to Nextcloud.](https://www.tagspaces.org/demo/). Tagspaces application has a lot of useful features, some notably superior to Nextcloud, but also needs more time to develop. [Havenā€™t tested Laverna yet, but I know a lot of people are recommending it as a self-hosted solution with end-to-end encryption.](https://github.com/Laverna) [WebtoPDF](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/webtopdf/?src=hp-dl-upandcoming) is an open source add-on that will convert web pages to PDF. Iā€™ve heard good things about it as a stand-alone tool. Looks like it is also not compatible with Firefox Quantum. [Web Scrapbook](https://github.com/danny0838/webscrapbook) is the current current successor to the old open source Scrapbook X, and also designed to transform websites into HTML files. [Web to SE](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/save-page-we/) is the best web clipper I can find for Firefox Quantum, saving web pages as ā€œenhanced htmlā€ ---
**Author:** ![PackElend](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/packelend/32/6182_2.png) [@PackElend](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/PackElend)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/12 "2017-12-29T00:09:54Z")
I would like to add my opinion. It would to be great if there is a proper note app. Iā€™m currently using a Synology NAS what comes with not super great but still not too bad [note app](https://www.synology.com/en-global/dsm/feature/note_station). Frankly, I want to switch to an self build server as Iā€™m sick and tired of waiting for Synologyā€™s adoption of famous server apps besided the fact that there still a plenty missing. The main reason hindering me doing it that there isnā€™t a proper replacement for Synologyā€™s Note Station as I have hundreds of notes. Running both parallel isnā€™t a real option. ---
**Author:** ![Krischan](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/krischan/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Krischan](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Krischan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/13 "2017-12-29T04:25:22Z")
There are also several other open-source note clients that could be adapted to work with a Nextcloud backend. This has some interesting ones: [https://www.fossmint.com/evernote-alternatives-for-linux/](https://www.fossmint.com/evernote-alternatives-for-linux/) Simplenote might be the nicest of them regarding the clean interface, and while the server is closed, the API seems to be well documented and for example implemented in this 3rd party server: > **[swalladge/snsrv](https://github.com/swalladge/snsrv)** > > snsrv - self-hosted notes server in python, implementing the simplenote api (and more!) (too bad it is Python based, otherwise NC integration was easierā€¦) ---
**Author:** ![Krischan](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/krischan/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Krischan](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Krischan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/14 "2017-12-29T04:36:34Z")
This might also be worth looking at: [http://paperwork.rocks/](http://paperwork.rocks/) ---
**Author:** ![danher](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/danher/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@danher](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/danher)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/15 "2017-12-31T09:56:59Z")
W.r.t. Zim Wiki (which I donā€™t know at all, just following the links you provided), there seems to be a subproject working on ā€œA Firefox extension that allows a user to take snippets of web pages and place them into Zim.ā€ [https://launchpad.net/zimcapture/](https://launchpad.net/zimcapture/) (might be outdated since newest version is from 2012, but I just wanted to point out). ---
**Author:** ![Krischan](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/krischan/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Krischan](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Krischan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/16 "2018-01-02T16:34:39Z")
Uhh, looks like we might see an upgrade or release of a Markdown tool with a WYSIWYG interface soon, see: > **[nhnent/tui.editor](https://github.com/nhnent/tui.editor/)** > > tui.editor - Markdown WYSIWYG Editor - Productive and Extensible Seems to need node.js though. ---
**Author:** ![aproposnix](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/aproposnix/32/95_2.png) [@aproposnix](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/aproposnix)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/17 "2018-01-11T20:53:02Z")
Rich Text editing is one thing. . we would also need to have a proper web clipping tool (not just something that takes screenshots - those are a dime a dozen). ---
**Author:** ![anon75456558](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/anon75456558/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon75456558](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/anon75456558)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/18 "2018-02-15T21:32:34Z")
@aproposnix Take a look at the excellent web clipping tool for Tagspaces: based on Electron, fully open source, [should be usable independently with some mild tweaking as mentioned here](https://github.com/tagspaces/browser-extensions/issues/1), and currently available for latest Chrome / Firefox browsers. Iā€™m submitting requests for it to be usable with Nextcloud so we could web clip Bookmarks and Notes from the same tool. [See Nextcloud Notes issue #169 for request to integrate the web clipper.](https://github.com/nextcloud/notes/issues/169) [See Nextcloud Bookmarks issue #442 for request to integrate the web clipper.](https://github.com/nextcloud/bookmarks/issues/442) ---
**Author:** ![aproposnix](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/aproposnix/32/95_2.png) [@aproposnix](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/aproposnix)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 10:00am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/19 "2018-02-16T10:00:22Z")
Iā€™ve used it already. I have many issues with it including: 1. Clipping is very limited - you are essentially just downloading the webpage instead of actually clipping it. I can do the exact same thing by clicking ā€œsave asā€ in the browser 2. Unless you clip a screenshot, no images are clipped 3. Doesnā€™t keep formatting - only the text 4. Canā€™t clip tables 5. Clips should be automatically sent to the application- not a download 6. Cannot attach files to a note (a link to a file is not the same) 7. Way too many clicks required to do simple things 8. This application is very hard to mange when you have a 1000+ notes (and thatā€™s after grooming) - esp., searching 9. No way to share files (esp., via email) 10. No way to export files into popular formats like PDF 11. No way of importing Evernote archives 12. The UI requires a total overahul ---
**Author:** ![aproposnix](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/aproposnix/32/95_2.png) [@aproposnix](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/aproposnix)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 10:40am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/20 "2018-02-16T10:40:48Z")
Sorry for the late replyā€¦ I only just saw your post. 1. Everpad - Still uses EN servers 2. Nixnote - Uses EN servers (though you could have a local folder) 3. Springseed - long dead + md 4. Simplenote - md 5. Geeknote - itā€™s cool but if I wanted to work in text only I would use MD (which I defintaly do not want) 6. Turtl - MD ---
**Author:** ![tv\_cologne](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/tv_cologne/32/900_2.png) [@tv\_cologne](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/tv_cologne)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004/21 "2018-02-16T11:41:03Z")
maybe this: [https://www.notebooksapp.com](https://www.notebooksapp.com) Create beautiful documents or quickly write down notes. Manage complex projects or set up simple task lists. Collect and organize all your files and records. Sync between your iPad, iPhone, Mac and PC. [Next page](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/evernote-replacement/25004.md?page=2)