Open Source Python Note-Taking Apps for Windows

Open Notebook is an open-source, privacy-focused alternative to Google’s Notebook LM that gives users full control over their research and AI workflows. Designed to be self-hosted, it ensures complete data sovereignty by keeping your content local or within your own infrastructure. The platform supports 16+ AI providers—including OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, Google, and LM Studio—allowing flexible model choice and cost optimization. Open Notebook enables users to organize and analyze multi-modal content such as PDFs, videos, audio files, web pages, and Office documents. It combines full-text and vector search with context-aware AI chat to deliver insights grounded in your own research materials. With advanced features like multi-speaker podcast generation, customizable content transformations, and a comprehensive REST API, Open Notebook provides a powerful and extensible research environment.

[Native application]: Developed with QT, pure native application, faster response; Cloud synchronization: Data is recorded in the cloud, and the data is no longer lost. Data synchronization is unlimited, everything is in your control; [Rich note types]: Support rich text, Markdown, code, tables, drawings, flowcharts and other note formats; [Manage your customers]: A customer relationship management system that supports team collaboration to grasp every lead and every customer; [Manage daily affairs]: Manage your affairs in an orderly manner through the feature-rich to-do list view; [Free without function limit]: There is no limit to the software functions, free to use, we are just to make a friend; [Different moods and different themes]: Notes and to-do lists, support a variety of exquisite themes, do whatever you want, change it if you want; [More application scenarios]: Memo view, timeline view, passwordbook view, statistics view to meet your different needs.

Stupid Notepad - The Simplest Notepad Ever! It's simply impossible to come up with something simpler. The program allows you to edit text files. You enter the path to the file and can view and edit it, as well as create new files. Why is this notepad stupid? Because it's extremely simple and primitive, making it understandable for everyone! The interface consists of just seven elements: - Text field for entering the file path; - "Browse..." button; - "Open" button; - "New" button; - "Save" button; - Text field for viewing and editing the file's text; - "Exit" button. This is my first even slightly useful Python program, so I'd be grateful if you'd test it and see if this stupid notepad proves useful! Stupid Notepad is an open source project. You can read the code in "Stupid Notepad.py" in this folder or visit GitHub: github.com/artemik01/stupid-notepad

It is a command-line tool designed to store CLI commands for quick access and usage. Think of it as a simple notes app specifically tailored for storing commands using customizable keys. The package is available on PyPi:https://pypi.org/project/command-storage/ For more information, please check out the GitHub repository: https://github.com/ashu-tosh-kumar/command-storage

Cournal allows multiple users to annotate PDF files in real-time. The goal of this project is a full featured note taking application (like Xournal or Windows Journal), which allows multiple people to collaborate (like Gobby).

Everpad is a desktop integration layer that brings Evernote notes directly into the Linux environment, especially Ubuntu-based desktops. It runs a background service that syncs with your Evernote account and exposes your notes through an indicator applet and a Unity lens/search integration. The goal is to make Evernote feel like a native part of the desktop, so you can search, open, edit, and create notes without jumping to the web interface. It also supports note attachments, notebooks, and tags, so you can organize content in the same way you do on official Evernote clients. Because it plugs into the desktop search, you can surface notes alongside local files for faster retrieval. It was created to fill the gap for Linux users who didn’t have an official Evernote client but still wanted a smooth, native-like experience.

This repository contains the standalone desktop application from the Midbar project. The app operates entirely offline and does not require an internet connection. GitHub repository: https://github.com/Northstrix/Midbar-Desktop-App

TinyJot is a basic notepad with WebDAV and encryption capabilities. It can open, edit and save clear or encrypted text files on a local drive or on a WebDAV server.

*nts* provides a simple format for using text files to store notes, a command line interface for viewing notes in a variety of convenient ways and a cross-platform, wx(python)-based GUI for creating and modifying notes as well as viewing them.

A notetaking application for tabletPC, written in python and GTK

The Modern Notes & Presentation Creator is a Python desktop application built using CustomTkinter, designed for managing rich text notes and creating PowerPoint presentations. It features a clean, modern GUI with dark/light theme toggling and adjustable font sizes. Users can copy text from the clipboard, automatically add serial numbers, and organize content in a text area with support for Unicode, including Hindi text and emojis. The app allows saving notes as PPT, PDF, or TXT files, ensuring text formatting is preserved. It includes a slide preview feature for PowerPoint slides, enabling easy content management and organization. The project also incorporates settings management through a JSON configuration file for a personalized user experience.

A tag based personal note taking system, written in python using sqlite. This program is designed to help you organize your thoughts. It uses tags in a way similar to Gmail's "labels" or del.icio.us tags. Any contribution welcome!