Best Linux apps: notes & pdfs

• calibre

  Ebook library manager that catalogues, converts and sends books to a reader. The standard tool for your own ebooks.

  Free · Open source

• Evince

  The plain, fast PDF reader built into GNOME. Opens, searches and annotates PDFs and a dozen other formats.

  Free · Open source

• Foliate

  Clean ebook reader for EPUB, Kindle format files, comics and PDFs, with notes, bookmarks and a dictionary.

  Free · Open source

• Joplin

  Open source notes and to-do lists that sync through Dropbox, OneDrive or your own storage.

  Free with paid extras · Open source

• Logseq

  Open source notebook that links your notes together and keeps everything as plain Markdown files you own.

  Free · Open source

• Manuskript

  Free open source tool for planning and drafting a novel, with an outliner, index cards and character notes.

  Free · Open source

• Master PDF Editor

  Paid PDF editor for Linux that can change the text and images already inside a PDF, not just annotate them.

  Paid

• Obsidian

  Note-taking app that keeps every note as a plain text file in a folder you own.

  Free with paid extras

• Okular

  Document viewer for PDFs, ebooks and comics, with highlighting, notes and form filling.

  Free · Open source

• PDF Arranger

  Merge, split, rotate and reorder PDF pages by dragging thumbnails around.

  Free · Open source

• Planify

  Simple Linux to-do list app that can sync your existing Todoist account, or a Nextcloud or CalDAV one.

  Free · Open source

• Xournal++

  Handwritten notes and PDF mark-up for a stylus or drawing tablet.

  Free · Open source