Quillpad vs SilverBullet

Comparing two open source alternatives to Evernote. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Quillpad

GPL-3.0

A free, open-source Android app for markdown notes and task lists with reminders, file attachments, and optional Nextcloud sync.

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SilverBullet

MIT

Self-hosted, programmable knowledge base: plain Markdown notes with live queries, backlinks, and an embedded Lua scripting runtime.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Quillpad	SilverBullet
License	GPL-3.0	MIT
Self-hostable	No	Yes
GitHub Stars	1,402	6,283
Forks	122	506
Open Issues	301	365
Last Commit	Oct 9, 2026	Oct 10, 2026
First Released	Aug 26, 2022	Feb 16, 2022
Categories	Note Taking & Knowledge Management Tools	Note Taking & Knowledge Management Tools
Tags	#note taking #notes #markdown #todo #Android	#note taking #markdown #knowledge-management #self hosted

GitHub stars over time

Quillpad

SilverBullet6,283

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