Alternatives to Neorg
A Neovim plugin and file format for notes, tasks and organising your life inside the editor. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Neorg
A Neovim plugin and file format for notes, tasks and organising your life inside the editor.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Neorg.
VimWiki
A Vim plugin that turns linked plain-text files into a personal wiki with its own syntax.
VimWiki turns linked plain-text files into a personal wiki inside Vim, installs with common plugin managers and can export the wiki as a website.
Org mode
A GNU Emacs major mode for notes, outlines, to-do lists and documents kept in plain text.
Org mode keeps notes, tasks, agenda and documents in plain text inside GNU Emacs, with a formal syntax specification, but requires switching from Neovim to Emacs.
zk
A command-line tool for maintaining a plain-text Markdown Zettelkasten or personal wiki.
zk is a command-line tool for a plain Markdown Zettelkasten that works with any text editor, including Neovim, and uses Markdown instead of a custom format.
Org-roam
An Emacs package for linked, plain-text personal knowledge management built on Org mode files.
Org-roam adds backlinks, graph view and GPG encryption to Org mode files for linked notes, but requires Emacs and familiarity with Org mode.
Denote
An Emacs note-taking package that organises plain-text notes through a predictable, descriptive file naming scheme.
Denote organises plain-text notes in Emacs through predictable file names with no database, and has companion packages for journals, but requires Emacs.
nb
A command-line and local web tool for plain text notes, bookmarks and a Git-backed knowledge base.
nb is an AGPL-licensed command-line tool for plain text notes and bookmarks with Git-backed sync and encryption, usable with any text editor.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Obsidian
A notes app that works on a folder of plain Markdown files on your own disk, with links between them.
Foam
A personal knowledge management system built on Visual Studio Code and plain Markdown files.
Logseq
An outliner that stores notes as plain Markdown files, built around a daily journal and linked blocks.
Markor
An open-source Android text editor for Markdown notes, todo.txt lists and plain text files.
