# Personal knowledge management

22 apps ranked by verified data.
Source: https://altcatalog.com/category/personal-knowledge-management/

## Apps

- [acreom](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/acreom.md) — Markdown knowledge base for devs
- [Anytype](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/anytype.md) — Local-first object-based knowledge base, E2E encrypted
- [AppFlowy](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/appflowy.md) — Open source Notion-style workspace, self-hostable
- [Capacities](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/capacities.md) — Object-based notes organized by type, not folders
- [Coda](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/coda.md) — Docs that behave like apps with formulas and automations
- [Craft](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/craft.md) — Design-focused documents with blocks and daily notes
- [Dendron](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/dendron.md) — Hierarchical notes inside VS Code
- [Foam](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/foam.md) — Roam-style graph in VS Code
- [Heptabase](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/heptabase.md) — Visual whiteboard notes for research thinking
- [Logseq](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/logseq.md) — Open source outliner on local markdown files
- [Mem](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/mem.md) — AI-organized notes
- [Notion](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/notion.md) — All-in-one workspace for notes, docs and databases
- [Obsidian](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/obsidian.md) — Local-first markdown vault with a huge plugin ecosystem
- [Org-mode](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/org-mode.md) — Emacs' legendary plain-text organizer
- [Reflect](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/reflect.md) — Fast encrypted networked notes
- [Roam Research](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/roam-research.md) — The networked-thought pioneer
- [Supernotes](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/supernotes.md) — Card-based networked notes
- [Tana](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/tana.md) — Supertag outliner for structured personal knowledge
- [Trilium Notes](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/trilium-notes.md) — Self-hostable hierarchical note tree with scripting
- [Walling](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/walling.md) — Idea walls instead of documents
- [Workflowy](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/workflowy.md) — Infinite outliner with mirrors and boards
- [xTiles](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/xtiles.md) — Visual tile-based workspace

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