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TheBrain organizes notes, files, links, projects, and AI as a visual knowledge network. Card View, Mind Map, and Tree View support different navigation styles, while Cerebro AI creates content, searches and summarizes a brain, suggests links, and converses from its knowledge. A local API can connect scripts and external tools, and desktop users on Windows, Mac, or Linux can keep brains local without cloud sync. It also works across mobile, desktop, web, and Linux environments.

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    SiYuan

    Free plan AndroidExtensioniPhone+5

    Privacy-first block-based Markdown knowledge management — SiYuan uses block-level editing, bidirectional references, and Markdown instead of TheBrain’s visual thought network.

    7.1 Free plan · paid from $64 Visit site
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    Supernotes

    by Supernotes
    Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+5

    Notecard-based notes, tasks, and lists — Supernotes organizes ideas as digital notecards with a 1,200-character soft limit, rather than TheBrain’s graph views.

    7.1 Free plan · paid from £6/mo Visit site
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    TiddlyWiki

    by TiddlyWiki
    Free plan AndroidiPhoneLinux+4

    Free single-file nonlinear notebooks — TiddlyWiki stores notes and code in one HTML file and connects tiddlers with links, tags, lists, and macros.

    7.0 Free plan Visit site
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    Capacities

    by Capacities
    Free plan AndroidiPhoneLinux+3

    Object-based notes with many integrations — Capacities offers note sharing and integrations with calendars, messaging, task apps, reading tools, and more, but no real-time collaboration.

    Free plan · paid from $9.99/mo Visit site
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    Logseq

    Free plan AndroidiPhoneLinux+3

    Local, open-source knowledge and collaboration — Logseq combines local Markdown or Org-mode files with PDF annotation, task management, note sharing, and real-time collaboration.

    Free plan Visit site
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    Neoma

    Free plan iPhoneLinuxMac+2

    Local Markdown notes with publishing — Neoma keeps notes as plain Markdown files, builds a local search index, and publishes selected notes as static HTML sites.

    7.4 Free plan · paid from 22 AUD/user/mo Visit site
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    Obsidian

    by Obsidian
    Free plan AndroidExtensioniPhone+3

    Markdown-style notes with broad imports — Obsidian combines offline notes, sharing, real-time collaboration, a Chrome extension, and imports from many note-taking services.

    7.3 Free plan · paid from $4/user/mo (annual) Visit site
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    Mem Agent

    Free plan APIExtensioniPhone+3
    7.5 Free plan · paid from $9/mo Visit site
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    NotesGraph

    Free plan AndroidExtensioniPhone+2
    7.4 Free plan Visit site
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    Reflect

    by Reflect
    Free plan ExtensioniPhoneMac+1
    7.3 From $10/user/mo (annual) · 14-day trial Visit site
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    Memex

    Free plan iPhoneMac
    7.2 Free plan · 7-day trial Visit site
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    Org-roam

    Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted
    7.2 Free plan Visit site
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    SilverBullet

    Free plan AndroidiPhoneLinux+4
    7.2 Open source Visit site
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    Khybur

    Free plan Web
    7.1 Free plan · paid from $2.99/mo (annual) Visit site
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    Tana

    Free plan LinuxMacWeb+1
    7.1 Free plan · paid from $30/user/mo · 30-day trial Visit site
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    Continuum

    Free plan
    7.0 Free plan Visit site
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    TriliumNext Notes

    Free plan APIExtensionLinux+4
    7.0 Free plan Visit site
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    RemNote

    by RemNote
    Free plan AndroidiPhone
    6.9 Free plan · paid from $8/mo Visit site
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    Zettlr

    by Zettlr
    Free plan LinuxMacWindows
    6.8 Free plan Visit site
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    Zim

    Free plan LinuxMacWindows
    6.8 Free plan Visit site
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    Roam Research

    Free trial AndroidExtensioniPhone+4
    6.1 31-day trial Visit site
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    MyInfo

    by MyInfo
    Free trial ExtensionWindows
    6.0 From $99 · 30-day trial Visit site
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    Personal Knowbase

    by Personal Knowbase
    Free trial Windows
    5.7 From $24.95 · 30-day trial Visit site
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    Tinderbox

    by Tinderbox
    Free trial Mac
    5.5 From $289 Visit site
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    Scrintal

    by Scrintal
    Paid MacWebWindows
    5.4 Visit site
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    Yojimbo

    Paid iPhoneMac
    4.3 From $30 Visit site

Its free plan includes unlimited thoughts, links, and brains, but private sync covers up to 1,000 thoughts and 100 MB of synced attachments, with a daily AI allowance. Pro Service starts at $15 per month and adds unlimited private sync, Cerebro AI, 30 GB online storage, encrypted backup, and one-on-one support. Alternatives may fit better if you prefer Markdown files, block editors, notecards, tiddlers, or another linking model. Compare offline behavior, collaboration, integrations, publishing, storage, and platform coverage before moving your knowledge base.

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