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      <title>AppFlowy — #1 with 78.8K stars · license AGPL-3.0 · Dart</title>
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      <description>Bring projects, wikis, and teams together with AI. AppFlowy is the AI collaborative workspace where you achieve more without losing control of your data. The leading open source Notion alternative. Source: https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>memos — #2 with 64.4K stars · license MIT · Go</title>
      <link>https://maal.top/charts/github-notes/usememos/memos/</link>
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      <description>Memos is an open-source, self-hosted note-taking app that brings your everyday thoughts together in a personal timeline. Your data stays yours, and you choose what to keep private or share. Source: https://github.com/usememos/memos</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>joplin — #3 with 57.1K stars · TypeScript</title>
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      <description>Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. Source: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>siyuan — #4 with 47.2K stars · license AGPL-3.0 · TypeScript</title>
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      <description>An open-source, privacy-first, self-hosted knowledge workspace where humans and AI agents work together 开源、隐私优先、自托管的知识工作空间，让人与智能体在此协作 Source: https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>logseq — #5 with 45.6K stars · license AGPL-3.0 · Clojure</title>
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      <description>A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration. Download link:  http://github.com/logseq/logseq/releases. roadmap: https://logseq.io/p/NX4mc_ggEV Source: https://github.com/logseq/logseq</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Trilium — #6 with 38.9K stars · license AGPL-3.0 · TypeScript</title>
      <link>https://maal.top/charts/github-notes/TriliumNext/Trilium/</link>
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      <description>Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes Source: https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>notesnook — #7 with 14.9K stars · license GPL-3.0 · TypeScript</title>
      <link>https://maal.top/charts/github-notes/streetwriters/notesnook/</link>
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      <description>A fully open source &amp; end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote. Source: https://github.com/streetwriters/notesnook</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>vnote — #8 with 13.0K stars · license LGPL-3.0 · C++</title>
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      <description>A pleasant note-taking platform with native speed, majoring in Markdown, MindMap, Typst, and plain text. Source: https://github.com/vnotex/vnote</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>note-gen — #9 with 13.0K stars · license GPL-3.0 · TypeScript</title>
      <link>https://maal.top/charts/github-notes/codexu/note-gen/</link>
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      <description>Capture first. Organize later. A local-first Markdown app that turns scattered records into clear notes with AI. Source: https://github.com/codexu/note-gen</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>laverna — #10 with 9.2K stars · license MPL-2.0 · JavaScript</title>
      <link>https://maal.top/charts/github-notes/Laverna/laverna/</link>
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      <description>Laverna is a JavaScript note taking application with Markdown editor and encryption support. Consider it like open source alternative to Evernote. Source: https://github.com/Laverna/laverna</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>reor — #11 with 8.5K stars · license AGPL-3.0 · JavaScript</title>
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      <description>Private &amp; local AI personal knowledge management app for high entropy people. Source: https://github.com/reorproject/reor</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>nb — #12 with 8.5K stars · license AGPL-3.0 · Shell</title>
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      <description>CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning &amp; syncing, Pandoc conversion, + more, in a single portable script. Source: https://github.com/xwmx/nb</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>fsnotes — #13 with 7.6K stars · license MIT · Swift</title>
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      <description>Fast Markdown note-taking app for Mac and iPhone Source: https://github.com/glushchenko/fsnotes</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>jrnl — #14 with 7.4K stars · license GPL-3.0 · Python</title>
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      <description>Collect your thoughts and notes without leaving the command line. Source: https://github.com/jrnl-org/jrnl</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>takenote — #15 with 7.1K stars · license MIT · TypeScript</title>
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      <description>📝  ‎ A web-based notes app for developers. Source: https://github.com/taniarascia/takenote</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>massCode — #16 with 7.1K stars · license AGPL-3.0 · TypeScript</title>
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      <description>A free, open-source developer workspace. Snippets, notes, HTTP requests, calculations, and dev tools in one local-first app. Source: https://github.com/massCodeIO/massCode</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>app — #17 with 6.7K stars · license AGPL-3.0 · TypeScript</title>
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      <description>Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files. For issues, visit https://standardnotes.com/forum or https://standardnotes.com/help. Source: https://github.com/standardnotes/app</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>silverbullet — #18 with 6.5K stars · license MIT · TypeScript</title>
      <link>https://maal.top/charts/github-notes/silverbulletmd/silverbullet/</link>
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      <description>The malleable knowledge base for you and your team. Powered by Markdown and Lua. Source: https://github.com/silverbulletmd/silverbullet</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>QOwnNotes — #19 with 6.0K stars · license GPL-2.0 · C++</title>
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      <description>QOwnNotes is a plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with Markdown support and Nextcloud / ownCloud integration. Source: https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>floral-notepaper — #20 with 5.6K stars · license MIT · Rust</title>
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      <description>花笺，轻量优雅的跨平台桌面便签工具，支持 Markdown 编辑与预览 Source: https://github.com/Achilng/floral-notepaper</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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