QOwnNotes.md (1115B)
1 # QOwnNotes 2 3 **Source:** [https://www.qownnotes.org/](https://www.qownnotes.org/) 4 5 **Date reviewed:** 2026/02/01 6 7 ## Features 8 9 - Qt based, primarile written in C++ 10 - GPL v2.0 License 11 - Notes stored as plaintext 12 - Multi-platform support and nice integration options 13 - I don't care about this, but might be nice to some 14 - First party encryption 15 - Automatic git versioning feature 16 17 ## Anti-Features 18 19 - Default on user tracking 20 - [https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/1710](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/1710) 21 - Sane response from maintainer, but dissapointing 22 - Auto-updating withouth the ability to diable 23 - [https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/1711](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/1711) 24 25 ## My Notes on Usage 26 27 - Unable to render in-line latex 28 - Lots of layout options 29 - AI integrations 30 - Default off so almost acceptable 31 32 ## Conclusion 33 34 Without the ability to disable auto-updating, this is a non-starter for me. A necessary feature of any note-taking applicaton I would consider is it must be possible to disable all network requests from the base application.