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Pencil Journal vs Trilium Notes

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

Pencil Journal

Pencil Journal

Office & Productivity

Pencil Journal is a free and open-source journaling app for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. It allows keeping a digital journal or diary with rich text formatting, photos, tags and more. Pencil Journal emphasizes privacy and does not collect personal data.

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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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