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    flxzt/rnote

    Sketch and take handwritten notes.

    11.8K stars
    529 forks
    11.8K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 1, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 184 days ago, with 82 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • A vector-based drawing app for sketching, handwritten notes, and annotating documents and pictures.
    • Offers an adaptive UI optimized for stylus input with pressure sensitivity and configurable stroke styles.
    • Use for students and teachers needing to create and organize handwritten notes and sketches digitally.
    • Use for artists and designers who want to annotate PDFs and images with precise vector drawings.
    • Use for users with drawing tablets requiring an infinite canvas and multi-document tabbed workspace.

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    License

    GPL 3.0

    Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    • GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

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    From the README

    Sketch and take handwritten notes.

    Rnote is an open-source vector-based drawing app for sketching, handwritten notes and to annotate documents and pictures. It is targeted at students, teachers and those who own a drawing tablet and provides features like Pdf and picture import and export, an infinite canvas and an adaptive UI for big and small screens.

    Written in Rust and GTK4.

    The file format is still unstable. It might change and break compatibility between versions.

    Rnote has a project website: rnote.flxzt.net

    Excerpt from the flxzt/rnote README on GitHub (GPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    529+50

    Open issues

    437-5

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