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Penbook vs Trilium Notes

A side-by-side look at Penbook and Trilium Notes. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Penbook

Penbook

Office & Productivity

Penbook is a free and open-source note taking app designed for handwritten notes. It allows users to write notes naturally with a stylus, with features like pressure sensitivity, palm rejection, and customizable pens and paper. Useful for taking quick handwritten notes on a tablet.

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Trilium Notes

Trilium Notes

Office & Productivity

Trilium Notes is an open-source hierarchical note taking application focused on building large personal knowledge bases. It has a tree-structured notes system allowing easy organization of ideas and supports features like linking between notes, embedding media, tagging, encryption, etc.

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