Elephant – notetaker with a classic interface

Last Updated on July 10, 2021

Elephant is a notetaker sporting an attractive interface.

Elephant is in a fairly early stage of development.

Elephant is free and open source software.

Features include:

• Keep your notes to yourself. No accounts or clouds. For syncing use Dropbox, Github, rsync, …
• Elephant stores notes in plain files and folders. No databases and no migrations. Notes can be plain text, styled RTF, markdown or HTML (HTML is read-only).
• Card view.
• Snippet view.
• Notebooks.
• Searching and tags to help find information efficiently.
• Word count.
• Note count.
• Built for longevity with a classic interface.
• Text encryption/decryption.
• Undo/redo functionality.
• Premium is free, no ads of any kind.
• No feature bloat or redesigns.
• No privacy policy weirdness.
• Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, Mac, and Windows.

Website: Website down
Support:
Developer: Juha Vehviläinen and contributors
License: Apache License, Version 2.0

Elephant is written in Java. Learn Java with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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