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QOwnNotes is the open source (GPL) plain-text file markdown note taking application for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Windows by Patrizio Bekerle (pbek on GitHub and IRC), that (optionally) works together with the notes application of ownCloud or Nextcloud.

You own your own notes! All notes are stored as plain-text files on your desktop computer. Sync them over devices (desktop & mobile) with your ownCloud or Nextcloud sync client. Use ownCloud Notes to edit your notes in the web.

You are able to write down your thoughts with QOwnNotes and edit or search for them later from your mobile device (like with CloudNotes) or the ownCloud / Nextcloud web-services.

Edit your notes in the web with ownCloud Notes
The notes are stored as plain text files and you can sync them with your ownCloud or Nextcloud sync client. Of course other software, like Dropbox, Syncthing, Seafile or BitTorrent Sync can be used too.

I like the concept of having notes accessible in plain text files, like it is done in the Nextcloud notes app, to gain a maximum of freedom, but I was not able to find a decent desktop note taking tool or a text editor, that handles them well in conjunction with ownCloud or Nextcloud.

Features:

Get notified about external modifications of your current note
the notes folder can be freely chosen (multiple note folders can be used)
you can use your existing text or markdown files, no need for an import most of the times
sub-string searching of notes is possible and search results are highlighted in the notes
application can be operated with customizable keyboard shortcuts
scripting support and an online script repository where you can install scripts inside the application
QOwnNotes Web Companion browser extension to a add notes from the selected text and other features
visit the QOwnNotes Chrome Web Store or the QOwnNotes Firefox Addon page
external changes of note files are watched (notes or note list are reloaded)
older versions of your notes can be restored from your ownCloud / Nextcloud server
trashed notes can be restored from your ownCloud / Nextcloud server
differences between current note and externally changed note are showed in a dialog
View your notes in a vertical markdown view by moving the panels
markdown highlighting of notes and a markdown preview mode
spellchecking support
notes are getting their name from the first line of the note text (just like in the ownCloud notes web-application) and the note text files are automatically renamed, if the the first line changes
compatible with the notes web-application of ownCloud and mobile ownCloud notes applications
compatible with ownCloud's selective sync feature by supporting an unlimited amount of note folders with the ability to choose the respective folder on your server
manage your ownCloud todo lists (ownCloud tasks or Tasks Plus / Calendar Plus) or use an other CalDAV server to sync your tasks to
encryption of notes (AES-256 is built in or you can use custom encryption methods like Keybase.io (encryption-keybase.qml) or PGP (encryption-pgp.qml))
dark mode theme support
theming support for the markdown syntax highlighting
all panels can be placed wherever you want, they can even float or stack (fully dockable)
support for freedesktop theme icons, you can use QOwnNotes with your native desktop icons and with your favorite dark desktop theme
support for hierarchical note tagging and note subfolders
support for sharing notes on your ownCloud / Nextcloud server
portable mode for carrying QOwnNotes around on USB sticks
Vim mode
distraction free mode, full-screen mode, typewriter mode
Evernote import
QOwnNotes is available in many different languages like English, German, French, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Hungarian, Dutch and Spanish
Your help is very much appreciated to improve these translations or to translate QOwnNotes in more languages