Alternatives to Anytype
An encrypted, offline-first workspace for notes, tasks and databases that syncs peer to peer. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Anytype
An encrypted, offline-first workspace for notes, tasks and databases that syncs peer to peer.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Anytype.
Notion
All-in-one workspace combining notes, databases, wikis, and task boards.
Notion offers a similar notes and databases workspace with real-time team collaboration, but data lives on its service rather than on your device, and there is no Linux app.
Capacities
Object-based note app that organizes ideas as typed, tagged objects.
Capacities uses a comparable typed object model across desktop and mobile, but it is not end-to-end encrypted peer-to-peer and gates advanced features behind a paid tier.
AFFiNE Community
Combine notes, tables and a drawing canvas in a local-first workspace.
AFFiNE Community is open source under MIT and self-hostable, combining notes, tables and a drawing canvas, but it has no listed Android or iOS apps.
AppFlowy
Organize documents and projects in an open-source workspace.
AppFlowy is open source under AGPL-3.0 with desktop and mobile clients and self-hosting options, though cloud sync needs extra service setup or an account.
SiYuan
A block-based notes workspace with Markdown that renders as you type, and an option to self-host it.
SiYuan is open source under AGPL-3.0 with block links, SQL queries and self-hosting, but official sync is a subscription and it lacks peer-to-peer encrypted sync.
Logseq
An outliner that stores notes as plain Markdown files, built around a daily journal and linked blocks.
Logseq stores notes as plain Markdown files in a folder you control, built around a daily journal and linked blocks, instead of custom object types and database views.
TriliumNext Notes
A hierarchical note app where one note can live in several places at once, with a server you can host.
TriliumNext Notes is AGPL-3.0 open source with a self-hosted sync server and per-note encryption, but it offers no official mobile app and uses a hierarchical tree model.
Obsidian
A notes app that works on a folder of plain Markdown files on your own disk, with links between them.
Obsidian keeps notes as plain Markdown files in a local folder with links and a graph view, but lacks database object types and needs paid Sync or your own sync tool.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Anytype as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Craft
Native docs app with real-time collaboration and deep integration into Apple's ecosystem.
Anytype adds Windows, Linux and Android with local data and encrypted peer-to-peer sync, but it is source-available and still labelled beta.
Heptabase
Visual note-taking app that organizes research as cards on whiteboards.
Anytype is freemium with local encrypted storage and graph and board views of objects, but it is source-available and still labelled beta.
Notesnook
An end-to-end encrypted note app where the company cannot read your notes, with clients on every platform and full source published.
Anytype keeps data on your device with end-to-end encrypted peer-to-peer sync and adds databases and custom object types, but it is source-available and still labelled beta.
Standard Notes
Encrypted notes built for the long term, where sync is free on unlimited devices and you can host the server.
Anytype keeps data on your device with encrypted peer-to-peer sync and adds databases, but it is source-available, beta, and has no web app.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Joplin
An open source note and to-do app that syncs end-to-end encrypted through storage you already have.
TiddlyWiki
A non-linear personal notebook that runs as a single self-contained HTML file in a browser.
Amplenote
A note-taking and task app that combines linked notes, a to-do list, calendar planning and AI agents.
