# NoteGen

> Open-source Markdown notes app that organizes captures with AI

NoteGen is a free, open-source Markdown notes app for desktop and mobile that separates capturing from organizing. Text, voice recordings, screenshots, links and files are saved as records first, and AI later turns the ones you select into structured Markdown notes. It also has a chat and agent mode that works over your notes, an infinite canvas, and sync through Git hosts, S3, WebDAV or a self-hosted server.

- **Category:** Note-Taking Apps
- **Made by:** codexu and contributors
- **Website:** https://notegen.top
- **Runs on:** Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 9, 2026

## Pricing

NoteGen is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** Free and open source under GPL-3.0, with no subscription or account. The site says all core features are free and that donations do not buy feature priority or private support.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| NoteGen | $0 | The full app on every platform, with built-in free models or your own AI provider. The sync server can be self-hosted at no charge. |

Read from https://notegen.top/en on Oct 9, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with NoteGen before buying.

## Key features

- **Records for quick capture:** Text, voice recordings, screenshots, images, links, files and to-dos go into one stream and are filtered later by tag, time or type, so nothing has to be filed when it is captured.
- **AI organization into notes:** Selected records are organized into a summary, report or article from a template or a prompt, and AI tools can continue, shorten, expand, rewrite or translate text in the editor.
- **Markdown editor:** Notes are standard Markdown files in a workspace folder, edited visually or in source mode, with tables, task lists, code blocks, math, Mermaid diagrams, export and file history.
- **Chat and Agent:** Chat answers questions using notes, records and a knowledge base. Agent mode can read and change notes, folders and tags once you approve its tools, and supports MCP servers and Skills.
- **Infinite canvas:** Notes, records, images, links, shapes and charts become nodes that can be connected and grouped, and AI can generate flowcharts, charts and Mermaid diagrams from note content.
- **Sync to a place you choose:** Notes stay on the device by default and can sync through GitHub, GitLab, Gitee, Gitea, S3 or WebDAV. A self-hosted NoteGen Server adds realtime sync and collaboration.

## Good for

- People who capture fragments first and write them up later
- Using AI on notes with the models and API keys you choose
- Keeping notes as Markdown files synced through Git or your own storage

## Worth knowing

- The README labels the desktop apps Beta and the mobile apps Alpha: Android is an ARM64 APK download and iOS is distributed through TestFlight.
- The macOS app is not signed, and the download page gives Terminal commands to run if macOS reports it as damaged.
- AI features rely on built-in free models or a provider you configure, and the docs note that data sent to an online model leaves the device.
- The self-hosted sync server is marked experimental, and the site warns against treating an instance as the only copy of important data.

## Works with

GitHub, GitLab, Gitee, Gitea, S3, WebDAV, OneDrive, iCloud Drive

**Tags:** Open source, Local-first, Notes, Markdown, AI features, Whiteboard, Web clipper

## Alternatives

- [Blinko](https://toolgpa.com/tools/blinko): AI-assisted card notes, self-hosted or on Blinko Cloud. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/blinko-vs-notegen)
- [SiYuan](https://toolgpa.com/tools/siyuan): Open-source, local-first notes built on linked content blocks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/notegen-vs-siyuan)
- [Obsidian](https://toolgpa.com/tools/obsidian): Markdown note-taking app that keeps your files on your device. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/notegen-vs-obsidian)
- [AFFiNE](https://toolgpa.com/tools/affine): Open-source workspace that merges docs, whiteboards and databases. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/affine-vs-notegen)
- [Memos](https://toolgpa.com/tools/memos): Open-source, self-hosted timeline of short Markdown notes. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/memos-vs-notegen)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 9, 2026:

- https://notegen.top/en
- https://notegen.top/en/download
- https://notegen.top/en/donate
- https://notegen.top/en/self-hosted
- https://notegen.top/en/business
- https://notegen.top/en/web-clipper/download
- https://notegen.top/en/docs
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codexu/note-gen/master/README.md
- https://github.com/codexu/note-gen

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