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A free, open-source replacement for Evernote (and paid note takers)

A free, open-source replacement for Evernote (and paid note takers)

by adi2907·May 29, 2026·3 points·1 comment
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AI Analysis

●MidCozySolve My Problem

GitHub-backed notes are clever, but Joplin and Obsidian already own this space.

Strengths
  • •GitHub as backend means you own your data with no vendor lock-in
  • •Evernote import migration removes the switching friction
  • •Free and open-source with no subscription wall
Weaknesses
  • •Note-taking is a saturated category with mature free alternatives
  • •GitHub storage adds friction for non-technical users
Category
Productivity
Target Audience

Former Evernote users, privacy-conscious note-takers

Similar To

Joplin · Obsidian · Logseq

Post Description

Bending Spoons (owner of Evernote) recently hiked price of Evernote to $100 per year. I was not paying that amount for the honor of accessing my own notes

Hence I built a feature-identical (almost) EverNote replacement which does the main things I need – taking notes, syncing across devices, searching within notes.

EverFree is always free and open source. It imports your existing Evernote notes and converts to markdown.

Backend data is hosted on Github on your own repo. So its always belongs to you

Frontend is hosted on a vercel app. No hosting fees.

You are welcome to self host as well. Here’s the github repo: https://github.com/adi2907/everfree

Downloadable DMG in case you just want to run it directly: https://github.com/adi2907/everfree/releases/download/v1.0.0...

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