OpenNote vs Trilium Notes

OpenNote — OpenNote is an open source note taking app for Android. It supports rich text formatting, tagging, and watermarking images. OpenNote protects notes with encryption so they remain private.

Trilium Notes — 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 s

OpenNote offers Rich text formatting, Tagging notes, Watermarking images, Note encryption, while Trilium Notes provides Hierarchical tree-structured notes, Rich text notes with markdown support, Note linking and embedding, Media attachments, Tagging and full-text search.

OpenNote stands out for Free and open source, Good feature set, Protects privacy through encryption; Trilium Notes is known for Open source and self-hosted, Very flexible organization, Strong linking and embedding.

Feature	OpenNote	Trilium Notes
Overall Score	N/A	N/A
Primary Category	Office & Productivity	Office & Productivity
Pricing	Open Source	Open Source

Product Overview

OpenNote

Description: OpenNote is an open source note taking app for Android. It supports rich text formatting, tagging, and watermarking images. OpenNote protects notes with encryption so they remain private.

Trilium Notes

Description: 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.

Key Features Comparison

OpenNote Features

• Rich text formatting
• Tagging notes
• Watermarking images
• Note encryption

Trilium Notes Features

• Hierarchical tree-structured notes
• Rich text notes with markdown support
• Note linking and embedding
• Media attachments
• Tagging and full-text search
• Note encryption
• Sync through Git and WebDAV

Pros & Cons Analysis

OpenNote

Pros

• Free and open source
• Good feature set
• Protects privacy through encryption

Cons

• Limited platform support (Android only)
• Lacks some features of proprietary alternatives
• Encryption can make syncing and backups more difficult

Trilium Notes

Pros

• Open source and self-hosted
• Very flexible organization
• Strong linking and embedding
• Good for large personal knowledge bases

Cons

• No mobile apps
• Steep learning curve
• Formatting options limited compared to Evernote/OneNote

Pricing Comparison

OpenNote

• Open Source

Trilium Notes

• Open Source