Is vnote still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v4.14.4, 3 days ago.

How widely used is vnote?

Widely used. 13k stars, 10 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Assembly instructions

vnotex/vnote

A pleasant note-taking platform with native speed, majoring in Markdown, MindMap, Typst, and plain text.

C/C++ (CMake)#editor#markdown#mathjax#mindmap

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (LGPL-3.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v4.14.4, 3 days ago.
How widely used?: Widely used13k stars, 10 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 13,043
Activity: Updated this month

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Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

A ready-made macOS download is in the latest release.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗docs.vnote.funThe project's own site.

Download for macOS

VNote 4.14.4 · 11/12/2026 ↗

VNote-4.14.4-mac-universal.dmg

dmg · Universal · 340.5 MB · 40 downloads · best match

Download

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/releases/download/v4.14.4/VNote-4.14.4-mac-universal.dmg"
open "VNote-4.14.4-mac-universal.dmg"

Other macOS downloads (1)

VNote-4.14.4-mac-universal-macos12.dmg

dmg · Universal · 336.6 MB · 20 downloads

Download

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/releases/download/v4.14.4/VNote-4.14.4-mac-universal-macos12.dmg"
open "VNote-4.14.4-mac-universal-macos12.dmg"

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Parts list

1×C/C++ compiler runtime
1×CMake 3.21runtime

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Good to know

Native projects often need extra system libraries. If the build stops with a missing package, check the maintainers' build guide (see Start here).
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: libs/CMakeLists.txt, src/CMakeLists.txt, src/api/CMakeLists.txt, src/controllers/CMakeLists.txt and 11 more

Details

License: LGPL-3.0
Open issues: 169
Branch: master

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.github/workflows/ci-linux-tsan.yml

.github/workflows/ci-linux.yml

.github/workflows/ci-macos.yml

.github/workflows/ci-win.yml

.github/workflows/gitee-mirror.yml

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